''Unnatural Selection'' is an original novel based on the U.S. television series ''

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''. 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 "

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" and " Out of the Madhouse" Willow encountered "faerie folk". In this book she is unaware of them.

Canonical issues

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

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, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and

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(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

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