Unnatural Selection (Buffy novel)

Unnatural Selection
First edition cover
Author	Mel Odom
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Genre	Horror novel
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	June 1999
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	210
ISBN	0-671-02630-5
OCLC	41537398
Preceded by	Visitors
Followed by	Obsidian Fate

Unnatural Selection is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Tagline: "An environmental evil haunts Willow".

Plot summary

Willow is baby-sitting one night when suddenly the baby she's taking care of changes into an evil faerie and tells her that she needs to work harder to save Weatherly Park from being converted into an amusement park. The faerie then attacks Willow before vanishing. After some research, Giles discovers that the fairy is a Russian variety called the domovoi, apparently hiding out beneath Weatherly Park. The faeries also have plans for Willow; they need the blood of a witch in order to resurrect the Homestone which will renew the faeries' strength.

Characters include: Buffy, Joyce, Giles, Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Willow, and Oz. First original Buffy novel not to feature Sarah Michelle Gellar on the cover.

Continuity

Supposed to be set late in Buffy season 3.
In "Child of the Hunt" and "Out of the Madhouse" Willow encountered "faerie folk". In this book she is unaware of them.

Canonical issues

Main article: Buffyverse canon

Buffy novels 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 merchandise.

External links

Interview with Mel Odom at Watcher's Web. Includes some questions and answers about Unnatural Selection.

Reviews

Buffy novels

Buffy books in order of Buffyverse chronology

Tales of the Slayer Pretty Maids All in a Row Blackout Halloween Rain Coyote Moon Night of the Living Rerun How I Survived My Summer Vacation Keep Me In Mind The Suicide King Colony Night Terrors Portal Through Time After Image Carnival of Souls Blooded Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary Sins of the Father Child of the Hunt Ghoul Trouble Paleo The Evil That Men Do The Deathless Doomsday Deck Immortal Prime Evil Power of Persuasion Revenant The Gatekeeper Resurrecting Ravana Return to Chaos Visitors Unnatural Selection Obsidian Fate Deep Water Here Be Monsters The Book of Fours Sunnydale High Yearbook Lost Slayer Oz: Into the Wild These Our Actors Unseen Tempted Champions Little Things Crossings Sweet Sixteen Wisdom of War Cursed Blood and Fog Monster Island Wicked Willow Seven Crows Apocalypse Memories Mortal Fear Spark and Burn Heat Queen of the Slayers Dark Congress

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Main	The Master Angelus The Mayor Adam Glory Dark Willow The First Twilight Severin D'Hoffryn

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