Underworld -- Evolution: A novelization by Greg Cox

Underworld -- Evolution

A novelization by Greg Cox
Pocket Star Books
Copyright 2006 Lakeshore Entertainment Group LLC

ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-8073-4
ISBN-10: 0-7434-8073-2


This
book continues the same night the pervious book and movie stopped.
Michael is a hybrid and Selene is helping him. But it opens with a
flashback, an important part of this book. It deals with her past and
later her father's contract to build a dungeon, which was commissioned
by Viktor.

Why would Viktor want a dungeon built and why would it have a secret room?

The
book focuses more on the Corvinus's bloodline. He is the first
immortal. He had three sons, one, a vampire and the other, a werewolf
and the third son was mortal. This is information given to us in book
one, but it plays the major role in this book.

At the end of
book one, the Lycan, Singe, his blood flows into the tomb of Marcus and
awakens him. He is also a hybrid, and very vicious. His first kill is
Kravan's men, then Kraven himself. He slaughters most of the vampires
in the old mansion and sets it alight. And then the hunt begins for
Selene (who has information he needs embedded in her blood) and for
Michael (the abomination).

This book ties in so perfectly with
book one and all the unanswered questions. Almost everything that deals
with part one is in part two. Including entire conversations, which
seem to have been written with part two in mind or already written.
With the introduction of William (the second son of Corvinus) the first
ever werewolf with a rage that cannot be sated.

Here's an
overview: Marcus is after Selene because in her past, a past she
doesn't remember at first, is the location of a dungeon her father
built. Inside is William, his brother, locked in a cage for over 600
years. Marcus is close to his bother and wants to free him (the brother
was imprisoned by Viktor after a murderous rampage that was killing
thousands of people and turning them in werewolves but without the
ability to change back. William, himself, is always in Lycan form
throughout the entire book and Marcus is usually always in his hybrid
form, preferring that to the human mask he can wear.

We are
introduced to a group of people known as The Cleaners, they clean up
the mess the Lycans and Vampires make. They are the people who
blackmail or payoff witnesses to keep their mouth shut. They have
documented the history of the vampires and the Lycans and the war
between the two.

Selene spends most of the book saving Michael
until he dies by the hand of Marcus (violently as well), Selene
discovers she loves him but it is too late. Meeting the cleaner's
leader she is offered a chance to get revenge, because --although the
leader had the opportunity-- he couldn't bring himself to kill Marcus.

With
the help of the Cleaner's elite crew, they fly to the dungeon to try
and stop Marcus from releasing William on a world not ready to
understand such a creature. In a body bag is Michael, Selene can't bare
the thought of leaving him behind. He lies at her side and she
transforms her love for him into hate aimed at Marcus. She knows she is
going up against a force much stronger than her, even with the gift
from the Cleaner's leader, fighting Marcus and possibly William is near
suicide. Especially when she realizes that she is too late and the two
brothers are united once again…and William has 600 years of hunger to
sate.

While this is happening something miraculous is happening
to Michael. Dead cells are sparking to life and the genetic code is
multiplying. Fractured ribs reknit themselves, ripped organs healed, a
new heart blossomed and brain activity resumed.

But this new
Michael is stronger, smarter and the sub-hero of this book that he is
meant to be. Still, things are not easy in their battle. William is
strong and smart and damn fast, faster than Selene and Michael. All the
Cleaners are killed by William and they turn into werewolves to fight
and destroy our heroes.

This book reads much like a movie,
meaning that Greg Cox didn't add as much into the story as he did for
book one. Book one is 400 pages, this is 275 with a larger font. Still,
the book is a damn fine read as we wait for the movie to be released
and it is a tight and entertaining read. The hours will zip by.

This book needs to be on your shelf next to the first book, which is next to the first DVD.

Sadly though, this book I feel will only be appreciated by the cult fans of the first book/movie. Of which, I am one!