Hello Mazinz, I also just recently started coming around again, so I don't think I'm the right guy to say "Welcome Back!" lol... Well, to be honest, not much has changed for the companions. Dean is gone for good now and it doesn't even seem like anybody misses him. I might also be the wrong guy to give you advice on the newer books, but I will say this, if you liked the smutty stuff you're shit outta luck. To be fair though, they do seem to have amped up the violence lately. I recommend Cannibal Moon, Plague Lords - and the sequel - Dark Resurrection, Remember Tomorrow, and maybe Apocalypse Unborn. Hopefully I don't lead you down the wrong road, and maybe somebody else will chime in with some good ones too. Good Luck.

Thank you for the reply. I have a used book shop by me and will see If i can pick up the titles you mentioned. Was Dean "put under" or did he just decide to go his own way?

What was happening with me, is that I was reading the books (at that time) and (based on previous books written by Laurence James) itjust got to that point where I was surprised on how well I did know the characters and being able to say "hmm this is something that they would not do or say". This is when I gave up on the series

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Either way, thanks again for the info and will give those books a shot. The violence does not bother me, it was really the newer authors way of handling the characters that got to me

I'm pretty sure that almost 9 out of 10 people on this site have felt the same way at some point... ya know, it's like getting the clap from a hooker, sometimes it happens, sometimes it don't... but you should expect it at some point lol!

Anyways, my suggestion to you is to try out Alan Philipson's books. He really does stay true to the companions for the most part and just about all of AP's books that I have read were great. If you are having trouble finding books I suggest Amazon, and if Amazon is to expensive for you -like it is for me- you might want to check out www.paperbackswap.com, they don't have a whole lot of DL, but it is really cheap.

thanks again for the info!