Tempted Champions
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Tempted Champions is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy.
Book Description
A young, vicious and beautiful woman named Celina comes to Sunnydale and there's nothing but an uproar caused by her appearance. She's a deadly fighter that is willing to kill both humans and vampires alike. Upon her arrival in Sunnydale, she scares Anya, demanding to know where the Slayer is. As Buffy becomes involved in a short battle with Celina at sunrise, she realizes that she's in way over her head as Celina's method of fighting is far more superior to her own. Meanwhile, Anya wrestles with her humanity and realizes that a lot of pain can come from being human and no longer immortal. D'Hoffryn offers her back her demonhood and she must decide which path is right for her. Buffy, after her encounter with the violent Celina, has Giles research who this mysterious woman is to better prepare her for the next time they meet. Unfortunately, the news of what Celina actually IS, is a lot more shocking than Buffy had expected.
Trivia
- Tagline: 'The line between good and evil is thinner than Buffy thinks'.
- Characters include: Buffy, Joyce, Giles, Xander, Dawn, Anya, Willow and Tara
- The possibility of the slayer herself becoming a vampire was little explored.
Continuity
- Fits into an alternative Buffy Season 5. Written before Hell Bells. That episode made much of this book uncanonical.
Canonical issues
- Buffy/Angel books 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/Angel merchandise.
Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) | Buffyverse chronology: January 2001 - Spring 2001 (non-canon = italic) |
|---|---|
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.12 Checkpoint (Buffy episode)>Checkpoint |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.12 Blood Money (Angel episode)>Blood Money |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.13 Happy Anniversary (Angel episode)>Happy Anniversary |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.13 Blood Ties (Buffy episode)>Blood Ties |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.14 The Thin Dead Line (Angel episode)>The Thin Dead Line |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.15 Reprise (Angel episode)>Reprise |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.14 Crush (Buffy episode)>Crush |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.16 Epiphany (Angel episode)>Epiphany |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Wisdom of War (Buffy novel)>Wisdom of War |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.15 I Was Made to Love You (Buffy episode)>I Was Made to Love You |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.17 Disharmony (Angel episode)>Disharmony |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Vengeance (Angel novel)>Vengeance |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.16 The Body (Buffy episode)>The Body |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.18 Dead End (Angel episode)>Dead End |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Haunted (Angel novel)>Haunted |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.17 Forever (Buffy episode)>Forever |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.19 Belonging (Angel episode)>Belonging |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Ugly Little Monsters (Buffy comic)>Ugly Little Monsters |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy comic: |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy video game: |
| L.A., 2001 | |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.18 Intervention (Buffy episode)>Intervention |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Tempted Champions (Buffy novel)>Tempted Champions |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Little Things (Buffy novel)>Little Things |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Crossings (Buffy novel)>Crossings |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Sweet Sixteen (Buffy novel)>Sweet Sixteen |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.19 Tough Love (Buffy episode)>Tough Love |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.20 Over the Rainbow (Angel episode)>Over the Rainbow |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.20 Spiral (Buffy episode)>Spiral |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.21 Through the Looking Glass (Angel episode)>Through the Looking Glass |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.21 The Weight of the World (Buffy episode)>The Weight of the World |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B5.22 The Gift (Buffy episode)>The Gift |
| L.A., 2001 | A2.22 There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb (Angel episode)>There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Death of Buffy (Buffy comic)#Death of Buffy’>Death of Buffy |
See also
- Buffyverse Chronology
- Buffy books. These tend to surround the character of Buffy and the fictional town of Sunnydale
- Angel books. These instead focus on Angel and his soc called 'Fang Gang'
- “Tales of the Slayer” These chronicle the stories of past slayers
- All of the above can be described as “Buffyverse Novels”
External links
Reviews
- [Litefoot1969.bravepages.com - Review of this book by Litefoot]
- [Teen-books.com - Reviews of this book]
- [Nika-summers.com - Review of this book by Nika Summers]*[Shadowcat.name - Review of this book]
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