Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Universe Returns in a New Audio Drama

Two decades afterBuffy the Vampire Slayeraired its finale , the show ’s universewill take center stage in an new Audible series . slayer : A Buffyverse Story is co - write and co - manoeuvre by OG cast extremity Amber “ Tara ” Benson , and will fetch backstars from the beloved serieslike James Marsters ( Spike ) and Charisma Carpenter ( Cordelia ) .

The audio drama arrive October 12 — yep , just in time for nervous season — and will also feature the phonation of returning Buffy castmembers Benson , Juliet Landau , Emma Caulfield , James Charles Leary , and Danny Strong , with some notable new addition , like a teenager slayer played by Laya DeLeon Hayes . ( Sarah Michelle Gellar , who ’s say in the pastshe ’s done with Buffy , is not part of this projection . ) Here ’s the plot abstract , courtesy of an Audible printing press release , which note the taradiddle begins 10 year after the events that close down out Buffy the Vampire Slayer ’s TV run :

“ Since then , Spike ( James Marsters ) has gone deeply undercover in Los Angeles , win over the forces of darkness that he ’s back to his evil way . When his binding is compromise by 16 - class - onetime Indira Nunnally ( Laya DeLeon Hayes ) , Spike find himself on baby - slayer - sitting responsibility once more . While he attempts to give chase down a watcher for his eager new protégé , their path clash with the veteran Slayer of a parallel reality where Buffy Summers never live … a realness where Cordelia Chase ( Charisma Carpenter ) is the one - and - only Slayer . She needs Spike ’s help with a classic big tough terrorizing her world … his sometime flame , Drusilla ( Juliet Landau ) . ”

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In the firing , Marsters sounded highly excited about the Sunnydale reunion . “ I ’m ecstatic to be back with my dear friends for this next chapter in the Buffyverse , as we take listeners on a familiar but unexpected journey chock full of horror , Passion of Christ and devilment , ” the role player said . “ I ’m excite for old and novel devotee to experience this darling world of vampire slaying like never before , brought to life through immersive audio storytelling . ”

Slayers : A Buffyverse Story premieres October 12 on Audible ( you canpre - order through Amazon here ) ; if you ’re hitting upNew York Comic Con , there ’ll be a star - compact gore for the audio drama on October 13 , as well as a Slayers - themed activating for attendees .

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