Prime Evil (Buffy novel)

Prime Evil
First edition cover
Author	Diana G. Gallagher
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Genre	Horror novel
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	March 2000
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	260
ISBN	0-671-03930-X
OCLC	43815785
Preceded by	Immortal
Followed by	Power of Persuasion

Prime Evil is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Tagline: 'Infinity awaits an ancient evil'.

Plot summary

Crystal Gregory is a beautiful new teacher at Sunnydale High, who also happens to give Buffy panic fits whenever she's in the same room as her. Buffy can't sense anything unusual about the teacher and begins to wonder if she's losing her mind. But lately, Anya and Michael seem to be getting awfully close to Crystal and would appear to do anything for her. While out for her usual patrol at night, Buffy has two strange encounters; one, a man is completely incinerated by red and lighting and the other being a girl from school who has a burn mark on her neck in the shape of the symbol for infinity. As soon as Giles gets cracking on his books, he finds out that Crystal is in fact Shugra, a powerful primal witch which is trying to activate the source. She needs a coven of 13 willing people to participate in order to draw the proper energy, unfortunately, it seems that Willow is one of those people.

Cordelia is nervous about her father's tax position but does not tell the others. This foreshadows later events. Giles and Joyce are nervous in each other's company

Characters include: Buffy, Joyce, Giles, Xander, Anya, Cordelia, Willow, and Oz

Continuity

Late in Buffy season 3 but before "Earshot". Apart from a mistake over Angel's age, this book closely follows the Buffyverse's established 'canon'.

Canonical issues

Main article: Buffyverse canon

Buffy novels such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.

External links

Websites.cable.ntl.com - Watcher's Web interview about Buffy novels in general, Obsidian Fate and Prime Evil

Reviews

Buffy novels

Buffy books in order of Buffyverse chronology

Tales of the Slayer Pretty Maids All in a Row Blackout Halloween Rain Coyote Moon Night of the Living Rerun How I Survived My Summer Vacation Keep Me In Mind The Suicide King Colony Night Terrors Portal Through Time After Image Carnival of Souls Blooded Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary Sins of the Father Child of the Hunt Ghoul Trouble Paleo The Evil That Men Do The Deathless Doomsday Deck Immortal Prime Evil Power of Persuasion Revenant The Gatekeeper Resurrecting Ravana Return to Chaos Visitors Unnatural Selection Obsidian Fate Deep Water Here Be Monsters The Book of Fours Sunnydale High Yearbook Lost Slayer Oz: Into the Wild These Our Actors Unseen Tempted Champions Little Things Crossings Sweet Sixteen Wisdom of War Cursed Blood and Fog Monster Island Wicked Willow Seven Crows Apocalypse Memories Mortal Fear Spark and Burn Heat Queen of the Slayers Dark Congress

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Canon Index Joss Whedon

Series	Film Television Episodes Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Comics Season Eight Nine Ten

Main characters	Buffy Xander Willow Cordelia Giles Angel Oz Spike Riley Anya Dawn Tara

Recurring characters	Amy Andrew Darla Faith Harmony Jenny Jonathan Joyce Kennedy Snyder Wesley Wood

Antagonists	The Master Drusilla The Mayor Adam Prof. Walsh Glory The Trio Warren Caleb Turok-Han The First

Spin-offs	Angel Fray Tales of the Slayers Tales of the Vampires Buffy the Animated Series

Expanded universe	Novels Undeveloped productions Video games

Auxiliary	Academia Card game Home video Guidebooks In popular culture Magazines Music Role-playing games

Universe	Big Bads Demons Hellmouth Main characters Minor characters Monsters Old Ones Scooby Gang Slayers Sunnydale Vampire Watcher Werewolf Witch

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