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Is this some kind of crossover? On the cover Buffy is holding a round weapon that looks exactly like Xena's Chakram. --Doro 19:17, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

the publisher's page doesn't mention it being one. --Mrs. Potato Head 19:22, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

actually it is. I googled and found a review:

"Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Innocent Blood by "Oshram" (available at http://www.agentwithstyle.com ) is no exception in quality, but is an exception of sorts in source. I bought it from a trusted and admired 'zine retailer at a convention. It is really two novels, two complete books, woven together to look like one novel. But it's smoothly done, and uniquely appropriate in structure.

It is set during and just after the summer when Buffy had run away to be on her own in Los Angeles, mourning Angel. The author, writing before Buffy came home, guessed accurately a good deal of what the story-arc actually would be. This writer has a mature, strong hand that controls the material very well, and makes you believe everything in the story.

The first half of the book pits Buffy against a gang of vampires in LA. The second half is set after Buffy gets home, and pits Buffy against a different, but related, adversary.

The first half sets up her emotional condition that generates the second half of the story. The two halves are overlapped and inter-cut, one chapter telling Buffy's adventures in LA, and another developing what's going on in Sunnydale. But it's the second half that introduces the most delightful twist.

Xena, from the television show, Xena, turns out to be the First Slayer, whose soul is trapped inside the circular weapon she uses, the chakram, which is now put on display in Buffy's mother's art gallery, put there by a vampire looking to attract and kill Hercules (of the TV show Hercules.)

Hercules turns up and helps Buffy free Xena from the Chakram and kill the oldest Vampire. This book changed my whole understanding of Buffy. "[1]

ack, forgot to sign. the above was c&p'ed by me.--RatCreature 19:34, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

You should add this info to the record, then, including this recap (which I think is more interesting than the excerpt. --Mrs. Potato Head 20:15, 28 July 2010 (UTC)