Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row

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Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row
One Slayer dies, another is called… unless Spike and Drusilla have their way…
Type	Novel
Author(s)	Christopher Golden
Publication	May 22, 2001
Length	368 pages
Publisher	Simon Pulse
ISBN	0743418921

“Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row” is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel. It was written by Christopher Golden and published by Simon Pulse.

Synopsis

“You got Slayer problems? You know what I find works real good with Slayers? Killing them.” — Spike

It’s 1940, and Europe is ravaged by World War II — an ideal environment for demon paramours Spike and Drusilla. The anniversary of Dru’s resurrection as a vamp impends, and Spike wants to celebrate. What better gift than Freyja's Strand — a powerful necklace rumored to allow its wearer to shape-shift at will? Spike learns of a demon named Skrymir, who claims to possess the bauble and is willing to trade.

Spike’s task is to infiltrate the Watcher’s Council headquarters and get his hands on the list of young women in training to take over as Slayer should they be called. In exchange for Freya’s Strand, Spike must kill the reining Slayer, a brazen young woman named Sophie, as well as the Slayers-in-Waiting. And if he succeeds, it could mean the end of the Chosen One — all of the Chosen Ones — forever…

Continuity

• The story takes place between March and September 1940, during the World War II. In 1943, Spike is eventually kidnapped into a German U-boat ("Why We Fight").
• Drusilla celebrates eighty years as a vampire, turned in 1860 ("Darla").
• A flashback with Vikings takes place in the year 837.
• Spike mentions going to the World’s Fair with Drusilla, an event explored in Spike and Dru: All's Fair.
• Edna Giles is one of the directors of the Watchers Council; in Tales of the Vampires, Part Five, it’s implied she would become a leading member.
• Spike has his hair described as “so blond it is nearly white, like an albino’s;” by 1943, he would have his hair dyed black ("Why We Fight").
• Mr. Travers and Miss Fontaine talk about ideally having a hundred Slayers, not knowing that one day thousands of Potential Slayers would be activated ("Chosen").
• Spike kills Alessandra Cavallaro using railroad spikes, his trademark weapon at the time ("School Hard").
• The Council recognizes Spike as the vampire who has killed a Slayer in 1900, as seen in "Fool for Love"
• Sophie dies at Spike’s teeth, which contradicts the fact that he killed only two Slayers: Xin Rong and Nikki Wood ("Fool for Love").
• The elimination of Potential Slayers is also a plan eventually used by the First Evil throughout Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7.
• Voodoo Lounge is a companion to this story.

Appearances

Individuals

• Alannah
• Angelus (Only mentioned)
• Henri Arno
• Marya Bajdek
• Collette Boisvert
• Christian Bornholm
• Eleanor Boudreau
• Mr. Brackett
• Mrs. Brackett
• Arthur Cabot
• Mrs. Carstensen (Only mentioned)
• Hans Carstensen (Only mentioned)
• Sophie Carstensen
• Alessandra Cavallaro
• Charn
• Christian (vampire)
• Isabel Cortes
• Ariana de La Croix
• Drusilla
• Ernst
• Jacques Fontaine (Only mentioned)
• Marie-Christine Fontaine
• Freyja (Only mentioned)
• Marco Giampa
• Edna Giles
• Giovanni Gnecco (Only mentioned)
• Rita Gnecco
• Teresa Gnecco (Only mentioned)
• Gorm (Only mentioned)
• Heinrigh Gort
• Greta (Only mentioned)
• Gudrod (Only in flashbacks)
• Haraxis (Only mentioned)
• Chief Haupt
• Kenneth Haversham
• Henrik
• Kate Hutchins
• Jarl (Only in flashbacks)
• Ned Jude
• Kakistos
• Trevor Kensington
• Langsdorff (Only mentioned)
• LeBeau
• Abram Levin
• Bertram Martin
• The Master (Only mentioned)
• Adrienne Montclaire
• Donald Morgan
• Mr. Narvik (Only mentioned)
• Yanna Narvik
• Jack Norton
• Gillian Partington
• Paxel
• Pierre
• Kurt Raeder
• Charles Rochemont
• Rubie
• Sally (Only mentioned)
• Scharnhorst
• Ilse Skovgaard
• Skrymir
• Edgar Somers (Only mentioned)
• Spike
• Stig (Only in flashbacks)
• Jozeff Strakus
• Harold Travers
• John Travers
• Tycho
• Valerie Vourtsas
• Walther
• Webley
• Nigel Williams
• Zweig (Only mentioned)

Organizations and Titles

• Higher being (Only mentioned)
• Order of Aurelius (Only mentioned)
• Slayer
• Slayer-in-Waiting
• Watcher
• Watchers Council

Species

• Demon
  • Dwarf
  • Frost demon
  • Ice demon
  • Old One (Only mentioned)
  • Quetz demon
  • Vahrall demon (Only mentioned)
  • Vargas demon (Only mentioned)
  • Xharax demon (Only mentioned)
  • Yazi demon
• Dog
• Horse (Only mentioned)
• Human
• Vampire

Locations

• Atlantic Ocean
  • English Channel
• Belgium (Only mentioned)
• Denmark
  • Copenhagen
    • Absalon’s castle ruins
    • Christiansborg Palace
    • Grundtvig church (Only mentioned)
    • Rosenborg Palace
    • Tivoli Gardens
    • Vesterbrogade street
  • Helsingør
• Egypt (Only mentioned)
• England
  • Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex (Only mentioned)
  • Dover (Only mentioned)
  • London
    • Great Russell Street
      • Watchers Council headquarters
• France
  • Briare
  • Calais
  • Dunkirk
  • Nice
    • Monsieur Arno’s villa
  • Orleans
  • Paris (Only mentioned)
  • Somme river
• Germany (Only mentioned)
• Greece
  • Athens
  • Mykonos
• Holland (Only mentioned)
• Italy
  • Genoa (Only mentioned)
  • Venice
    • St. Mark’s Cathedral
• Libya
  • Benghazi
• Netherlands (Only mentioned)
  • Rotterdam (Only mentioned)
• Norway
  • Bergen (Only mentioned)
  • Bodo (Only in flashbacks)
  • Galdhöpiggen
    • Stronghold of Skrymir
• Poland
  • Warsaw
• Spain
  • Barcelona
• South America (Only mentioned)
  • Rio de Janeiro (Only mentioned)
• Turkey (Only mentioned)
• United States
  • Batiste, Lousiana
  • Boston, Massachusetts
  • Chicago (Only mentioned)
  • New York City
    • Keen’s Chophouse
  • West Coast (Only mentioned)

Weapons and Objects

• Aberdeen
• Cross
• Crossbow
• Freyja's Strand
• Hans Carstensen’s sword
• Helm of Haraxis
• Rasputin's Eye (Only mentioned)
• Seaspray
• Stake
• Sword
• Watchers Diaries

Rituals and Spells

• Glamour

Death Count

• Adrienne Montclaire, staked by Spike at Keen’s Chophouse.
• Webley, bitten by Spike and Drusilla aboard the Aberdeen.
• Mr. Brackett and Ms. Brackett, drowned by the German attack aboard the Aberdeen.
• Johannes, thrown at the Atlantic Sea by Drusilla.
• Heinrigh Gort, bitten by Drusilla aboard the Aberdeen.
• Four human guards, killed by Gorm’s acolytes at Rosenborg Palace.
• Hans Carstensen and Mrs. Carstensen, killed by Gorm’s acolytes (only mentioned).
• Three of Gorm’s vampire acolytes, slayed by Sophie Carstensen at Rosenborg Palace.
• An unidentified dog, eaten by Tycho.
• Stig, neck broken by Gudrod (in flashback).
• Two frost demons, crushed by Spike and Drusilla at the stronghold of Skrymir ruins.
• Two dwarf guards, killed by Spike at the stronghold of Skrymir.
• A demon server, decapitated by Spike at the stronghold of Skrymir.
• Ernst, slayed by Sophie (only mentioned).
• Christian, slayed by Sophie at Absalon’s Castle ruins.
• At least fifteen of Gorm’s vampire acolytes, slayed by Sophie at Absalon’s Castle ruins.
• At least one of Gorm’s vampire acolytes, killed by Tycho at Absalon’s Castle ruins.
• Two of Gorm’s vampire acolytes, run into the sunlight from Absalon’s Castle ruins.
• Tycho, hearts taken away by Gorm at Absalon’s Castle ruins.
• Gorm, burnt by Sophie at Absalon’s Castle ruins.
• Marco Giampa, bitten by Drusilla at the Watchers Council headquarters.
• Harold Travers, neck snapped by Spike at the Watchers Council headquarters.
• Unknown number of human soldiers, died in battle at the River Somme.
• Six vampires, staked by Sophie at the River Somme.
• Kate Hutchins and her Watcher, killed by Spike and Drusilla at their room above a pub.
• Pierre, shot in the chest by Spike in Orleans.
• Six unidentified French soldiers, killed by Drusilla in Orleans.
• Unknown number of villagers, killed by Spike and Drusilla in Orleans.
• Collette Boisvert and Henri Arno, killed by Spike and Drusilla at Arno’s villa (only mentioned).
• Alessandra Cavallaro and seven passersby, killed by Spike and Drusilla at St. Mark’s Cathedral.
• Marya Bajdek, killed by Spike and Drusilla in Warsaw (only mentioned).
• Forty-one Vikings, executed in Sandefjord (only mentioned).
• Christian Bornholm, chocked by Charn in Sandefjord.
• Unidentified Libyan Slayer-in-Waiting, drained by Spike and Drusilla in Benghazi.
• Unidentified Egyptian Watcher, left to die of burn and dehydration by Spike and Drusilla in Benghazi.
• Unidentified demon addicted to opium, destroyed by Sophie (only mentioned).
• Edgar Somers, killed by Spike in 1929 (only mentioned).
• Arthur Cabot, sired in Boston (only mentioned).
• Giovanni and Teresa Gnecco, killed in Boston (only mentioned).
• Rita Gnecco, killed by Arthur at the Sacred Heart Church.

Behind the Scenes

Production

• The cover features a promotional picture taken for Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 2.
• The vampire Gorm refers to Gorm the Old, the first historically recognized ruler of Denmark.
• The magical artifact Freyja’s Strand refers to the mythological Brísingamen.
• In the novel, the historical figure of Rasputin is revealed to be a demon.
• The novel uses the character Skrymir from Norse mythology.

Pop Culture References

• Spike goes to Keen’s Chophouse, described as attended by Theodore Roosevelt and Buffalo Bill Cody.
• The story takes place during the World War II, with German dictator Adolf Hitler, its beginning with the Invasion of Poland, the events of the Battle of France with the Battle of Dunkirk operations, and the previous World War I also mentioned.
• Kurt’s uncle is the Great Admiral Erich Raeder.
• Drusilla hears the song "Danny Boy".
• Some real locations in Denmark mentioned are: the Rosenborg Castle, the Vesterbrogade shopping street, the Tivoli Gardens amusement park, the Christiansborg Palace, Absalon’s Castle ruins, and Grundtvig’s Church.
• The Bishop Absalon, King Christian VI, and King Frederick VI are mentioned from Denmark history.
• The Watchers Council headquarters is identified as at the far end of Great Russell Street.
• The politician Winston Churchill is described as had just replaced Neville Chamberlain as British prime Minister.
• Miss Fontaine tries to read a book by Charles Dickens.
• Spike compares himself with Moses, quoting Exodus 8:1.
• Scavenging vampires are compared to Valkyries from Norse mythology.
• Drusilla is compared with Salome from New Testament.
• Collette has “The Three Musketeers” as her favorite novel, and dreams about the character D’Artagnan.
• Alessandra Cavallaro dies at the doors of St. Mark’s Cathedral.
• Marshal Pétain is described as leading the southern half of France.

International Titles

• French: “Spike et Dru: Petits Massacres Entre Vampires” (Spike and Dru: Small Massacres Between Vampires)
• German: “Spike und Dru: Dämonische Liebe” (Spike and Dru: Demonic Love)
• Spanish: “Spike y Dru: Bonitas Doncellas, Todas en Fila” (Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids, All in a Row)

Gallery

Original picture for cover

Cover in France

Cover in Germany

Cover in Spain