👉 SPECIALE: Supernatural

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Ben ritrovati. 

Forse non tutti sanno che oltre la serie televisiva (con, in attivo, ben quindici stagioni) vi sono anche dei libri correlati a "Supernatural", la serie con protagonisti due fratelli alle prese con il paranormale. 

Si tratta di novelle, inedite, che, però, non sono in conflitto con la serie. Almeno a quanto riporta Goodreads. Qualcuno è persino recuperabile su Amazon. Non le ho ancora lette, anche se ce ne sono un paio alquanto intriganti.

• Serie televisiva:

Il 2 novembre 1983 la madre di Dean e Sam Winchester, Mary, perde la vita uccisa da un demone che incendia la loro casa. Il padre dei due bambini, John, inizia a educare i figli alla caccia del soprannaturale con lo scopo di trovare la creatura che uccise sua moglie e vendicarsene. Dean, il più grande dei due fratelli, segue alla lettera gli ordini del padre e passa l'infanzia a proteggere il fratello Sam, che invece dopo il liceo decide di abbandonare la caccia e di andare all'università.

Mi ha sempre affascinato il paranormale (Buffy, Angel, Streghe e così via, ne sono da esempi) e questa serie, sebbene in certi episodi non convinca appieno (due esempi? Quello del jinn, soprattutto verso la fine, con tutti i personaggi a mo' di palcoscenico e un altro, ancora, l'episodio 15 della seconda stagione, potevano evitarla del tutto), è tuttavia ben strutturato. Come sempre, vi è una macro storia, quella che predomina (ritrovare il demone che ha ucciso la madre dei due fratelli, questo almeno per quanto riguarda le prime due stagioni) e delle storie minori, che sono quelle di contorno alla principale (i singoli casi in cui si imbattono i Winchester). 

All'inizio, i casi riguardano perlopiù i fantasmi (e mi sono fatta una cultura in merito), ma non mancano altre figure come i licantropi, i vampiri, i wendigo, i mutaforma e così via. 
Più intrigante è scoprire, di episodio in episodio, scorci del carattere dei due protagonisti: Sam e Dean. Un'infanzia un po' difficile quella tra i due ed è proprio come reagiscono i due fratelli a mostrare due lati caratteriali totalmente differenti. Dean è legato all'unica figura genitoriale rimasta, seguendolo ovunque e pronto ad ubbidire a qualsiasi ordine. Senza discutere. 
Sam, più piccolo e più ribelle. Stanco di dover cambiare continuamente casa e sottostare al volere del padre. Due caratteri profondamente diversi, che, però, per forza di cose si trovano ad un certo punto a dover convivere forzatamente per perseguire un obiettivo comune. A mio avviso, il risultato finale è un bel mix.  

Come detto in vari post "in giro" sul mio blog, prediligo, però, più Dean a Sam. E' quello più attaccato alla famiglia, con un forte senso di protezione, pari tuttavia alla vendetta. E' tenace, sfrontato, diretto. 
Vi sono poi altre caratteristiche che mi accomunano a questo personaggio (principalmente la musica, film e lo street food).
Grazie al canale "Spike" [canale 49] sto recuperando la serie che avevo iniziato anni fa, ma poi "accantonata" e questa sera, per chi come me la sta seguendo, inizia la terza stagione. Due episodi "nuovi" ogni giorno, da lunedì a venerdì.  
Sì, è vero che ho anche visto già un'altra stagione su Rai4, a mio parere molto bella: l'undicesima. Anche perché è stata quella a convincermi a "riprenderla" e ho colto la palla al balzo quando Spike ha pubblicizzato la serie sui vari social come instagram e facebook.  

Al momento, un altro personaggio che mi piace (oltre a Dean) è Crowley. 

Da quel poco che ho potuto "conoscerlo", ripeto solo dall'undicesima stagione, mi sembra alquanto simpatico. Ha un rapporto un po' particolare con i Winchester, soprattutto con Dean. Un rapporto, stranamente, di amicizia.  
Castiel, diversamente, mi sembra un po'....come dire....ingenuo. Troppo per un angelo.  

Nevermore
by KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO
Supernatural #1

From Book 1: Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...and he taught them how to kill it.

Sam and Dean have hit New York City to check out a local rocker's haunted house. But before they can figure out why a lovesick banshee in an '80s heavy-metal T-shirt is wailing in the bedroom, a far more macabre crime catches their attention. Not far from the house, two university students were beaten to death by a strange assailant. A murder that's bizarre even by New York City standards, it's the latest in a line of killings that the brothers soon suspect are based on the creepy stories of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe.

Their investigation leads them to the center of one of Poe's horror classics, face-to-face with their most terrifying foe yet. And if Sam and Dean don't rewrite the ending of this chilling tale, a grisly serial killer will end their lives forevermore.

Witch's canyon
by JEFF MARIOTTE
Supernatural # 2

This is a Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit "CW" series!

Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force, and they have grown up learning how to hunt and kill the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...

Now they are on a road trip around the Grand Canyon - to a stretch of deserted ranchland where mysterious murder sprees occur every forty years. But a new mega-mall is about to open and the brothers must face a horde of vindictive ghosts and animal spirits.Join Sam and Dean on an all-new monster hunt, in this original Supernatural novel.

Bone key
by KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO 
Supernatural #3

Sam and Dean Winchester head for Key West, Florida, to investigate the bizarre death of a tour guide, who apparently died because of an encounter with unexpected horror, and find themselves dealing with the island's ghostly residents, demons with a hidden agenda, and an ancient power out for revenge. Original. (A CW television series, starring Jensen Ackles & Jared Padalecki).

Heart of the Dragon
by KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO
Supernatural #4

A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series!

When renegade angel Castiel alerts Sam and Dean to a series of particularly brutal killings in San Francisco's Chinatown, they realise the Heart of the Dragon, an ancient evil of unspeakable power, is back! John Winchester faced the terrifying spirit 20 years ago, and the Campbell family fought it 20 years before that - can the boys succeed where their parents and grandparents failed?

The unholy cause
by JOE SCHREIBER 
Supernatural #5

A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series!

Way back in April 1862, Confederate Captain Jubal Beauchamp leads a charge across a Georgia battleground… Fast forward to 2009 and a civil war re-enactment becomes all too real. When Sam and Dean head down south to investigate they find that history has got somewhat out of hand…

War of the sons
by REBECCA DESSERTINE & DAVID REED 
Supernatural #6

Twenty-seven years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America... and he taught them how to kill it.

On the hunt for Lucifer, the boys find themselves in a small town in South Dakota where they meet Don - an angel with a proposition... Don sends them a very long way from home, on a mission to uncover the secret Satan never wanted them to find out.

A brand-new Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series!

One year gone
by REBECCA DESSERTINE 
Supernatural #7

Dean believes that Sam is in Hell so he is trying to keep his promise to his brother and live a normal live with Lisa and Ben.

When he realizes that a spell in the Necronomicon could raise Lucifer and therefore Sam, he convinces his new family to travel with him on vacation to Salem.

Meanwhile Sam is not as far away as Dean thinks and is determined to protect his brother from the Salem witches...

A Supernatural novel that reveals the untold events of the missing year between seasons 5 and 6!

Coyote's kiss
by CHRISTA FAUST 
Supernatural #8

A truck full of illegal Mexican immigrants slaughtered with supernatural force is found by the side of a road. Trying to find answers, Sam and Dean are plunged into the dangerous world that exists along the Mexican border.

They encounter a tattooed, pistol-packing bandita on a motorcycle who seems be everywhere they go before they get there. Xochi Cazadora draws them into a whole new world of monsters...

A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!

Night terror
by JOHN PASSERELLA
Supernatural #9

Alerted to strange happenings in Clayton Falls, Colorado, Bobby sends the boys to check it out. A speeding car with no driver, a homeless man pursued by a massive Gila monster, a little boy chased by uprooted trees — it all sounds like the stuff of nightmares. The boys fight to survive a series of terrifying nighttimes, realizing that sometimes the nightmares don’t go away — even when you’re awake...

A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!

Rite of passage
by JOHN PASSERELLA
Supernatural #10

Thirty years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father taught the boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners of America... and how to kill it.

Laurel Hill, New Jersey is beginning to look like one of the unluckiest places on Earth when a series of mishaps hit the town. But Sam and Dean suspect it’s more than just bad luck. Along with Bobby Singer, the brothers soon realize that a powerful Japanese demon is encouraging the chaos. But the demon has bigger plans and they are going to need to make their own luck to stop it.

A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!

Fresh meat
by ALICE HENDERSON 
Supernatural #11 

A rash of strange deaths in the Tahoe National Forest bring Sam, Dean and Bobby to the Sierra Nevada mountains to hunt a monster with a taste for human flesh. Soon walking corpses, bodies with missing organs, and attacks by a mysterious flying creature lead the trio to a cunning and deadly foe which can assume a human form and will do anything to survive. When a blizzard strikes the area, and not knowing who they can trust, they must battle not only the monster, but also the elements to survive.
A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!

Carved in flesh
by TIM WAGGONER 
Supernatural#12

After Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious supernatural force as young children, their father taught them how to hunt and destroy the paranormal evil that exists in the dark corners of America. After their father’s demonic death, they discovered that they are descended from a long line of hunters and chose to continue their mission.

Rumors of a big black dog roaming the Brennan, Ohio area along with the local discovery of newly dead but desiccated corpses attract the attention of Sam and Dean Winchester, and when they catch the monster canine it turns out to be a "Frankenmutt", a reanimated patchwork of pieces from separate dogs. Soon the brothers are on a trail that leads from mad scientists and biotechnology to a centuries-old alchemist, walking corpses, and an ancient and malevolent power.

A brand-new Supernatural novel, set during season 7, that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series!

Cold fire
by JOHN PASSERELLA
Supernatural # 13

A brand-new Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit CW series!

While replacing sections of his rotten wooden fence, Dave Holcomb, a new homeowner in Braden Heights, Indiana hears a baby’s cry from behind his utility shed, and investigates. Hours later, his wife returns home to find his eyeless corpse. But Dave is only the first of many male victims butchered by a supernatural murderer with a distinct M.O., and now the Winchester brothers discover that pregnant women in Braden Heights have begun to go missing...

Mythmaker
by TIM WAGGONER 
Supernatural #14

Teenager Renee Mendez is a talented artist living in a small Illinois town. She loves drawing the strange beings that feature in her dreams, without realizing that when she depicts them on paper, they come to life in the real world. These gods begin to seek worshippers and battle for supremacy, killing humans and each other until only the two strongest remain. Sam and Dean come to town to investigate the murders and “miracles” these new gods perform, slaying some of them in the process. The last two gods standing prepare for their final conflict, which only one will survive. The brothers must find a way to stop the gods’ war before the entire town is destroyed.

The usual sacrifices
by YVONNE NAVARRO 
Supernatural #15

When Sam and Dean head to Kentucky to investigate a rash of unexplained disappearances in a town close to Mammoth Cave, they’re told local folk tales about the mysterious cave, and the sacrifices it requires to ensure the town’s prosperity. Could the disappearances be linked to the ritual, or is another brand of evil at work?

Joyride
by JOHN PASSERELLA
Supernatural #16

A brand new Supernatural novel inspired by the record-breaking show starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.

Sam and Dean Winchester have spent their lives on the road, battling every kind of supernatural threat. Over the years, after dozens of bloody adventures, they have faced everything from the yellow-eyed demon that killed their mother to vampires, ghosts, shapeshifters, angels and fallen gods. With the help of allies--both human and supernatural--they've discovered that every threat they vanquish opens a new door for evil to enter in.

At the stroke of midnight, everyone awake in a small Missouri town suddenly falls unconscious in the middle of whatever they were doing. When Sam and Dean investigate, the town seems peaceful. But they soon uncover a wave of strange behavior - streaking, petty vandalism and random violence - and nobody can remember why they did it. With reports of strange shadows and horrible murders, the Winchesters dig deep into the town's secrets and uncover a tragedy fifty years in the making....

A brand-new Supernatural novel, set during season 12, that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!

Children of Anubis
by Tim Waggoner
Supernatural #17

A brand new Supernatural novel inspired by the record-breaking show starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.

A brand-new Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!

Sam and Dean travel to Indiana, to investigate a murder that could be the work of a werewolf. But they soon discover that werewolves aren't the only things going bump in the night. The town is also home to a pack of jakkals who worship the god Anubis: carrion-eating scavengers who hate werewolves. With the help of Garth, the Winchester brothers must stop the werewolf-jakkal turf war before it engulfs the town - and before the god Anubis is awakened...

👉FONTI:

• Goodreads;
• Wikipedia;
• Amazon.