I talk to dead people

I have came across this book 2yrs ago when i was searching for good paranormal books. Now i could say, aside from Anne Rice's pretty vampires and Laurel K Hamilton's gorgeous sexy vampires, Brian Lumley's vampires are a different kind of breed. Now, we all heard about what necromancer can do, they control dead people, raise dead people and ask them of thier secrets. With Lumley's book, necromancers are a disgusting lot. They literally dissect people, learn their secrets through their guts and brain. The Necroscope is more humane. They simply talk to dead people and the dead talk to him. They teach him things that they have learned through their dead life.

No on to the book. The book started when the British E-branch head dead of a heart attack which later on we know that it was not a natural cause of heart attack. You might be asking what E-branch means. The Russians call it ESPionage, with the emphasis of ESP. Its a government branch of the British, Russian, American and Chinese branch that trains people with pyschic abilities. Its like the X-men, but with more closer to truth abilities based on paranormal powers. Along the way, an age old vampire is caught between the "war" or rivalry of the British and Russian E-branches.

Somehow the book doesn't appeal to me much but I do want to buy its series though. Necroscope is like Robert Ludlum meets Laurel Hamilton meets Neil Gaiman. Also as i was reading along the way, i could not help but think that the plot of the book is somewhat more like the t.v. series HEROES. Secret organization who has supernatural powers. A person with an ability to see the future and a person who could travel time. But instead of save the cheerleader save the world, its kill the ambitious right hand russian of E-branch and save the world.

FYI: Necroscope was written and published in the 1980s. And i'm sure i would be expecting another "twilight" fever on this. People in hollywood is planning to make a movie with Necroscope. If they play there cards well and would emphasize with the love story of Harry and Brenda, choose the right actors (oh i hope they won't get that annoying sparkling vampire) they could make it a blockbuster hit. C'mon guys we all know that unknown books get to be famous if they are turned into movies.