Supernatural: Bone Key

By Keith R.A. DeCandido

Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America . . . and he taught them how to kill it.

Sam and Dean are headed for Key West, Florida, home to Hemingway, hurricanes, and a whole lot of demons. The tropical town has so many ghouls on the loose that one of its main moneymakers has long been a series of ghost tours. But the tours are no more, not since one of the guides was found dead of an apparent heart attack . . . his face frozen in mid-scream. No one knows what horrors he saw, but the Winchester brothers are about to find out.

Soon they'll be face-to-face with the ghosts of the island's most infamous residents, demons with a hidden agenda, and a mysterious ancient power looking for revenge. It's up to Sam and Dean to save the citizens of Key West . . . before the beautiful island is reduced to nothing more than a pile of bones.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9780061875793

Keith R.A. DeCandido

Keith R.A. DeCandido was born and raised in New York City to a family of librarians. He has written over two dozen novels, as well as short stories, nonfiction, eBooks, and comic books, most of them in various media universes, among them Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Marvel Comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Resident Evil, Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Farscape, Xena, and Doctor Who. His original novel Dragon Precinct was published in 2004, and he's also edited several anthologies, among them the award-nominated Imaginings and two Star Trek anthologies. Keith is also a musician, having played percussion for the bands Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, Boogie Knights, and Randy Bandits, as well as several solo acts. In what he laughingly calls his spare time, Keith follows the New York Yankees and practices kenshikai karate. He still lives in New York City with his girlfriend and two insane cats.

Reviews for Supernatural

[tpausilver · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Sam and Dean head out to key west to solve a mystery with some ghosts. So, if we can all start by agreeing that books based on TV shows are generally bad, this is a plesant enough example. It's an easy read, it has some funny moments. If you want a little extra of Sam and Dean and you don't mind that it won't stretch you mentally, it's worth reading. I would criticise it on the grounds that it goes against the show's ghost lore at some point, I can't specifically remember where now but I remember being annoyed at the time, but tht's all I've really got to complain about.

[aneris-3 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

1.5
A combination of a potentially great story and complete cheesiness in the end.

The potential is in 'the mysterious ancient power looking for revenge'. Though it is dubious how evil that power is, it could have been a great story. Until the cheese fest near the end of the book. It got so bad that I was embarrassed.

[angelajmaher · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a fun read.The story fits partway into season three. If you haven't watched the TV series yet, or have only just started, wait to read this until you've got through the first two full seasons, or you'll come across some major spoilers.The book is entertaining and carries the same feel as the TV series. There are a few parts where the writing is a bit patchy but the overall reading experience is pretty fun. I'm not sure that someone who hasn't watched the TV show would engage all that well with it, but that's not the intended audience.

[shanaqui_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Bone Key is the second Supernatural novel, by the same guy as Nevermore, Keith R. A. DeCandido. The same pitfalls of his writing apply: very flat, but interesting plot and some good lines.

There was one awesome scene where Dean starts channelling the powers of many, many ghosts. It's quite a visual scene: it'd be better to actually see it than read it, really, but it's an interesting mental image.

But the boys really wouldn't leave loads of supercharged ghosts hanging around. Bad characterisation there.