Supernatural: Nevermore

Supernatural: Nevermore is the first tie-in novel in the Supernatural series, that reveals a previously unseen adventure by the Winchester brothers that takes place during Season 2 of the TV Series. It was written by Keith R.A. DeCandido and released on July 31, 2007.

Summary[edit | edit source]

Right after the events of the episode Crossroad Blues unfolded. Sam and Dean are called up by an old friend of Ash by the name of Manfred Afiri, who lives all the way out in New York City. He hires them to check out his house because he is positive it is haunted by a spirit.

But before they can figure out why a lovesick Banshee in an '80s heavy-metal T-shirt is wailing in the bedroom, a far more macabre crime catches their attention. Not far from the house, two university students were beaten to death by a strange assailant. A murder that's bizarre even by New York City standards, it's the latest in a line of killings that the brothers soon suspect are based on the creepy stories of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe.

Their investigation leads them to the center of one of Poe's horror classics, face-to-face with their most terrifying foe yet. And if Sam and Dean don't rewrite the ending of this chilling tale, a grisly serial killer will end their lives forevermore.

Characters[edit | edit source]

Manfred Afiri
Aldo
Ash (mentioned only)
Azazel (in a dream)
Dean's Crossroad Demon (mentioned only)
Diana Ballard (mentioned only)
Sarah Blake (in a dream)
Aaron Burr (mentioned only)
Roxy Carmichael
Daniel Elkins (mentioned only)
God (mentioned only)
Alexander Hamilton (mentioned only)
Ellen Harvelle
Jo Harvelle (mentioned only)
William Anthony Harvelle (mentioned only)
Clare Hemsworth
Victor Henriksen
Jennifer
Loki (mentioned only)
Arthur Mackey
Angela Mason (mentioned only)
Meg Masters (mentioned only)
Meg (mentioned only)
Marina McBain
Janine Molina
Jessica Moore (in a dream)
Jim Murphy (mentioned only)
Omar
Osiris (mentioned only)
Jerry Panowski (mentioned only)
Ronald Reagan (mentioned only)
Cassie Robinson (in a dream)
Theodore Roosevelt (mentioned only)
Serial Killer Shapeshifter (mentioned only)
Peter Sheridan (mentioned only)
Bobby Singer (flashback only)
Tessa (mentioned only)
Tommy
Unnamed Bass Player
Unnamed Reaper (mentioned only)
Ross Vincent
Gordon Walker (mentioned only)
Sam Winchester
Dean Winchester
John Winchester (flashback only)
Mary Winchester (in a dream)
Oprah Winfrey (mentioned only)

Featured Supernatural Beings[edit | edit source]

Angels (mentioned only)
Crossroad Demon (Dean's Crossroad Demon, mentioned only)
Deities (Hecate, Osiris and Morrigan mentioned only)
Demon (Meg, mentioned only)
Disaster Demon (mentioned only)
Ghosts (Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, mentioned only)
Ghost Banshee (Roxy Carmichael)
Golem (mentioned only)
Poltergeist (mentioned only)
Primordial Entity (God, mentioned only)
Prince of Hell (Azazel, mentioned only)
Psychics (mentioned only)
Reapers (Tessa, Unnamed Reaper, mentioned only)
Shapeshifter (Serial Killer Shapeshifter, mentioned only)
Special Children (mentioned only)
Trickster (Loki, mentioned only)
Zombie (Angela Mason, mentioned only)

Continuity[edit | edit source]

Takes place between the season 2 episodes Crossroad Blues and Croatoan.
The book features callbacks to many previous episodes.
- Dean remembered saying "Dad's on a hunting trip, and he hasn't been home in a few days (Pilot)
- Dean remember some of his other iconic quotes (Wendigo)
- Sam and Dean stopping the Disaster Demon and his words about Jessica (Phantom Traveler)
- Dean being wanted for a shapeshifters murder spree in St. Louis (Skin)
- Dean remembers Sam's rant about Dad (Scarecrow)
- Dean nearly dying (Faith)
- Dean having sex with Cassie (Route 666)
- Sam telling John about his visions (Salvation)
- The crash and trapping Meg (Devil's Trap)
- Dean's experience with a reaper, John telling Dean he might have to kill Sam, and John's death (In My Time Of Dying)
- Meeting Gordon Walker in Montana (Bloodlust)
- Sam breaking his arm fighting a zombie girl (Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things)
- Hunting with Jo Harvelle in Philadelphia (No Exit)
- Sam and Dean helping Diana Ballard (The Usual Suspects)
- Dean talking to a crossroad demon about John (Crossroad Blues)
Agent Victor Henriksen, who hunted the Winchesters through the second and third seasons, appears briefly at the end looking for them.
Detective Diana Ballard from The Usual Suspects is mentioned as having become a part of a small secret network of cops who the know the truth about what's out there and protect hunters. She is mentioned to be suspended and under investigation for what happened with the Winchesters and her partner and even if her career is saved, she likely won't be able to remain in Homicide.
Marina McBain references a time where she and Sam and Dean's dad worked together to hunt a small dragon in the subways of New York. This is a slight continuity issue because according to Season 6 of the series Dragons are thought to all be extinct.

Notes[edit | edit source]

Antagonists: Ross Vincent and Roxy Carmichael
The author made a mistake describing Dean's eyes as blue, whereas in the show his eyes are green.
The primary location of the novel, the Bronx, is also where the author Keith R.A. DeCandido was born and raised.