Spark and Burn

By Diana G. Gallagher

2005

First Published

4.16

Average Rating

256

Number of Pages

7H46M

Audio Length

Part of Series

Buffyverse Novels

Series · 81 books

By John Passarella, Todd McIntosh, Kirsten Beyer, and more

In SPARK AND BURN, fan-favourite Spike—the other vampire with a soul—takes centre stage. For centuries he was a bloodthirsty scourge of humankind, killing without bias, feeding on whomever (or whatever) came his way. That would all change when Riley Finn and the covert organisation known as the Initiative planted a microchip in his brain which rendered him incapable of harming a human being. As Spike learned to cope with this handicap—the worst a vampire could imagine—he found himself falling in love with the woman who had been his nemesis—Buffy Summers, the Slayer. Their relationship is a stormy one, with years of mistrust between them. But after Spike regains his soul, undergoing terrible trials in the process, he and Buffy come to a kind of peace with one another; and Spike, finally, begins to find peace with himself.

Avg Rating

4.16

Number of Ratings

601

5 STARS

53%

4 STARS

19%

3 STARS

21%

2 STARS

1 STARS

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Author

Diana G. Gallagher

Author · 53 books

Diana G. Gallagher was an American author who wrote books for children and young adults. She also wrote the space opera The Alien Dark (1990), but was best known for her tie-in work for television properties including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Charmed, Star Trek and The Secret World of Alex Mack, among others. She was also a prolific filk creator, winning Pegasus Awards in 1986 and ’94. Gallagher won a Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in 1988 under the name Diana Gallagher Wu. She sometimes also wrote under the name Diana Burke. Born in 1946, in Paterson, New Jersey, she lived in Florida with her husband, the writer Martin R. Burke, who predeceased her in 2011. Gallagher was married four times; her third marriage was to author William F. Wu (divorced 1990). Gallagher died December 2, 2021 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 75 years of age.