Sins of the Father (Buffy novel)

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Sins of the Father
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First edition cover
Author Christopher Golden
Country United States
Language English
SeriesBuffy the Vampire Slayer
Genre Horror novel
Publisher Pocket Books
Publication date
November 1999
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages289
ISBN 0-671-03928-8
OCLC 42273844
Preceded by Go Ask Malice  
Followed by Blooded  

Sins of the Father is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Its tagline was "The past revisits both the slayer and the watcher".

Contents

Plot summary

Buffy's old boyfriend from Hemery High in LA, Pike, makes a surprise appearance in Sunnydale, much to the everyone's shock, particularly Buffy's. Only Pike hasn't come to catch up with Buffy; he's being pursued by a rock demon known as Grayhewn. Pike had originally killed the demon's mate after it had killed his friend and now the demon wants Pike dead in the most painful way possible. As soon as Pike makes his appearance though, Buffy struggles to deal with her old feelings for Pike as well as her love for Angel, creating nothing but confusion within herself. Meanwhile, Giles appears to be dating a new teacher named Miss Blaisdell. But since Giles has been seeing her, he seems to waver in and out of consciousness and doesn't appear to care at all about Buffy or her struggles. Miss Blaisdell, as it turns out, is working for a man from Giles' past, a man from his very personal past, who wants nothing more than to painfully torture the Watcher and make him suffer.

Continuity

Canonical issues

Buffy novels, such as this one are not considered by most fans as part of canon. They are usually not considered as official Buffyverse reality, but are novels from the authors' imaginations. However unlike fanfic, 'overviews' summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.

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