Afterimage (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Afterimage (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Askegren, Pierce. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9781416911814.

THE LATE SHOW MAY BE YOUR LAST. Sunnydale, California, hosts more than its fair share of action and horror. Its understandable, then, that news of the long-closed Sunnydale Drive-Ins grand reopening with a scheduled night-long festival of classic action and horror movies is met with disinterest or disdain by Buffy, Willow, and Cordelia. Only Xander, who has been spending his afternoons on the drive-ins work crew, is eager to enjoy the rewards of his effort. Buffy is too distracted to sit and take in a movie, anyway. A frightening encounter with a werewolf ends with its vanishing -- not into the woods, but evaporating like a ghost before her eyes. Suspicious people in dated clothing and hairstyles are spotted throughout town but dont appear to be the usual vampires. And most disturbing, a sleeping sickness begins to sweep over town, leaving those affected in a state of extreme drowsiness -- or a coma. Its no wonder no one notices the distinguished-looking gentleman of indeterminate age. His name is Balsamo. At least, thats what hes calling himself this century. But Xander simply knows him as "Boss" and has been promised a prime parking space for the upcoming evenings spectacle....