Changes: Cursed (novel)

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↳ Note: This article is about the novel. For the comic story, see Cursed (comic).

The subject of this article is non-canonical.
While created as part of licensed material, it has not been confirmed as part of the "real" Buffyverse continuity.

Cursed is a Crossover novel. Written by Mel Odom, it was originally published on November 11, 2003 by Pocket Books.

Synopsis

ANGEL VS. SPIKE

Sulking around the Slayer in Sunnydale, the vampire Spike has often run into demons intent on punishing him for throwing in with the White Hats. But when there are hints of a more organized campaign dedicated to vanquishing the vampire with a chip in his head, Spike sets off on the trail of whoever's put a hit out on him.

Meanwhile, in the City of Angels, the vampire with a soul finds that the search for a mystical object is tied to his days as the vicious Angelus. Then Spike — his former partner in carnage — arrives in L.A. Each nursing a grudge, and with the specter of Buffy in both of their (cold, dead) hearts, the two vampires reluctantly work together… until their torturous past catches up with them!

Continuity

In a "historian's note", it is stated to take place in an alternative version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5 and Angel season 3.
In Angel continuity, Cordelia no longer receives pain with her visions, Connor is still a baby and there is no sign of Groosalugg, placing it between "Birthday" and "Waiting in the Wings".

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 {{Noncanon}}
 {{Book
-|image     = BuffyCursed.jpg
+|title     = ''Cursed''
+|image     = Cursed novel.jpg
+|tagline   = Angel and Spike… on the same side?
 |type      = Novel
 |author    = [[Mel Odom]]
-|tagline   = Angel and Spike… on the same side?
 |date      = November 11, [[2003]]
-|publisher = [[Simon Pulse]]
 |pages     = 448
+|publisher = [[Simon Pulse]]
 |isbn      = 9780689864377
 }}
-"'''Cursed'''" is a [[Crossover novels|Crossover novel]]. Written by [[Mel Odom]], it was published by [[Simon Pulse]] in November 11, [[2003]].
+'''''Cursed''''' is a [[Crossover novels|Crossover novel]]. Written by [[Mel Odom]], it was originally published on November 11, [[2003]] by [[Pocket Books]].
 ==Synopsis==
+ANGEL VS. SPIKE
-Sulking around the [[Slayer]] in [[Sunnydale]], the [[vampire]] [[Spike]] has often run into [[demon]]s intent on punishing him for throwing in with the White Hats. But when there are hints of a more organized campaign dedicated to vanquishing the vampire with a [[Behavior-Modification Circuitry|chip]] in his head, Spike sets off on the trail of whoever’s put a hit out on him.
+Sulking around the [[Slayer]] in [[Sunnydale]], the [[vampire]] [[Spike]] has often run into [[demon]]s intent on punishing him for throwing in with the White Hats. But when there are hints of a more organized campaign dedicated to vanquishing the vampire with a [[Behavior-Modification Circuitry|chip]] in his head, Spike sets off on the trail of whoever's put a hit out on him.
-Meanwhile, in the [[Los Angeles|City of Angels]], the vampire with a [[soul]] finds that the search for a [[magic|mystical]] object is tied to his days as the vicious [[Angel]]us. Then Spike — his former partner in carnage — arrives in L.A. Each nursing a grudge, and with the specter of [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] in both of their (cold, dead) hearts, the two vampires reluctantly work together… until their torturous past catches up with them!
+Meanwhile, in the City of Angels, the vampire with a [[soul]] finds that the search for a [[magic|mystical]] object is tied to his days as the vicious [[Angel]]us. Then Spike — his former partner in carnage — arrives in L.A. Each nursing a grudge, and with the specter of [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] in both of their (cold, dead) hearts, the two vampires reluctantly work together… until their torturous past catches up with them!
+==Continuity==
+*In a "historian's note", it is stated to take place in an alternative version of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 5]] and [[Angel season 3|''Angel'' season 3]].
+*In ''Angel'' continuity, [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]] no longer receives pain with her visions, [[Connor]] is still a baby and there is no sign of [[Groosalugg]], placing it between "[[Birthday]]" and "[[Waiting in the Wings]]".
 ==Appearances==
 ===Individuals===
 *[[Angel]]
-*[[Spike]]
+*[[Winifred Burkle]]
 *[[Cordelia Chase]]
+*[[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan]]
-*[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
 *[[Charles Gunn]]
-*[[Winifred Burkle]]
 *[[Lilah Morgan]]
+*[[Spike]]
-*[[Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan]]
+*[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
 ===Organizations and titles===
 *[[Angel Investigations]]
 ===Species===
 *[[Demon]]
-**[[Deathwok Clan]]
 *[[Human]]
 *[[Vampire]]
+[[fr:Cursed (roman)]]
-==Behind the scenes==
-===Production===
-*''Cursed'' is notable because it is one of the very few [[Buffyverse]] works to have had its canonical status confirmed. In a “historian’s note” at the beginning of the book, it is stated to take place in an alternative version of ''Buffy'' season 5/''Angel'' season 3.
-*Despite this, the novel clearly takes place in ''Buffy'' Season 6, immediately after "[[As You Were]]". In ''Angel'' continuity, Cordelia no longer receives pain with her visions, Connor is still a baby and there is no sign of [[Groosalugg]], placing it between "[[Birthday]]" and "[[Waiting in the Wings]]".
 [[Category:Crossover novels]]