Bruja is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel.

Bruja
First edition cover
AuthorMel Odom
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAngel
GenreHorror novel
PublisherPocket Books
Publication date
August 1, 2001
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages336
ISBN0-7434-0701-6
OCLC47037264
LC ClassCPB Box no. 1799 vol. 4
Preceded byAvatar (Angel novel) 
Followed byThe Summoned (Angel novel) 

Plot summary edit

L.A. is shocked when a woman attacks a priest. The woman had just confessed to the priest that she had murdered her own son. Meanwhile, Angel and Co. get reports of a woman fighting with teens across L.A. The woman appears to be everywhere, a 'bruja' - a witch. She may be an embodiment of "La Llorona," known in Spanish lore as the "Weeping Woman."

The priest soon goes into a coma, but Angel Investigations is busy with other matters: Doyle has a vision of a young mother and her son in danger at the docks. Meanwhile, Cordelia's looking for a big-shot producer's missing wife. Angel must find the connections between the missing wife and recent events.

Continuity edit

  • Supposed to be set early in Angel season 1, before the episode "Hero".
  • Characters include Angel, Cordelia Chase, Allen Francis Doyle.

Canonical issues edit

Angel books such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy/Angel merchandise.

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