Buffy needs backup. More backup. With an ultimate Big Bad, Archaeus, connected to so many from the Slayer's past, she's calling in reinforcements--and saying to hell with the awkward consequences: there is a job to be done. But as the Scoobies get closer to Archaeus, the extent of his power and his plans, and their connection to the new rules of magic, are revealed. Buffy is faced with figuring out how to keep her alive friends alive, and her undead friends . . . undead. And Angel returns!
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