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Summary: Good to the last word!
Review: A great first novel by a talented author. If you liked science fiction, horror and action/adventure, this book has them all in a cleverly written fantasy. An action packed, captivating first chapter introduces us to the novel's hero, David Valentine, fighting for the survival of mankind on an earth taken over by aliens. The pace moderates over the next chapters as the author skilfully describes a world controlled by its new Kurian masters and their hencemen who suck up victims' auras along with their blood to maintain immortality. A series of somewhat somewhat disconnected adventures trace David's induction, training and advancement in the Wolf cast that spearheads the fight against the alien invaders. Just as you are wondering if the book will consist of nothing but a collection of stories, the action picks up as David meets, is seduced by and then must rescue his lovely Melissa Carlson from a horrible death at the hands of Sadists. I found the last few chapters spellbinding and could not put the book down until I had read the last word.
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Summary: Make Way!
Review: After having read enough ho-hum vampire stories to fill a small town library I can tell you now this is not one of them. The vampire genre better make way because E.E. Knight is going to be a force to reckon with. After reading the preview for the next book I can't wait for it to come out I'm ready right now for more, more, more! Great book, marvelous read and quite original in it's evolution of the Vampire.
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Summary: Hungry Like The Wolf
Review: All that needs to be said is that this is the best book since LOTR!!! And that is saying a lot.I wish someone would make this into a 3 hour and 30 min move that would be great!!!
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Summary: Awesome Vampire Fantasy
Review: All that needs to be said is that this is the best book since LOTR!!! And that is saying a lot. I wish someone would make this into a 3 hour and 30 min move that would be great!!!
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Almost five decades ago the vampiric Kurians successfully sent their minion the Reapers to conquer the earth. By 2065 earth calendar, the system is in place as the Reapers feed on human aura that is sent as energy back to their masters. The human populace is down to a very controlled ten percent of what it had been back in 2022 due to a Kurian transmitted virus; most of these virus survivors are food. Though man's reign seems through, some human freedom fighters continue the cause to liberate the survivors. In Louisiana David Valentine joins the guerrilla force the Wolves. He knows he must shed his humanity and become a berserker killer until the enemy kills him if he to help free his race against the Kurian Order. However, he also must temper his need for vengeance because he leads a commando group into enemy territory that somehow must survive the fight as his side lacks numbers. The first novel in the "Vampire Earth" series is a powerful futuristic science fiction tale that fans of post apocalyptic earth or outer space vampires will enjoy. The story line insures that readers comprehend the scope of the conquering by making it so real due in part by David as a fully developed character struggling between killing and caring. Though the concept of soul sucking has been done before (classic Superman tale for instance) and much of the cast feels anemic, readers will enjoy this novel that goes into hyperspeed for the final two thirds of the plot. Readers will want to finish the tale in one sitting because it is so enthralling. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Glad I Went With My Gut.
Review: Amazing read. Picked it up on a whim because I liked the name and cover. Glad I did. Can't wait till May for the next one though!
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Summary: The sound of his horn...
Review: Behind an extraordinary piece of post-apocalyptic military science fiction, the reader discovers a key that unlocks an eerie connection with our familiar prosaic reality. Captivating one from the beginning is Knight's capture of his locales' "spirit of the place". The full-fleshed characters, the brilliant battle scenes play out against a haunting backdrop that really is of our world and very nearby. When the daemonic horn of an inhuman order sounds, it seems an emanation that somehow might be exhaled from those dark places. No problem suspending disbelief here. This is not your father's "vampire" story. This is something different, something new.
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Summary: Good lord! Where did this guy come from?!
Review: Damn fine first book. Way of the Wolf take place in the year 2065, in the midwest and deep south, of the United States. It is the 43rd year of the New Order, in which vampires rule the earth. For over 40 years the Kurians, aliens from a distant world who have been involved with humanity for the last 4000 years, have ruled the planet earth using their near unstopable avatars, called Reapers (vampires), the human overseers called Quislings, and the genetically engineered Grogs (which can be anything from a ape like footsoldiers, too flying abominations). With these tools at their disposal the Kurians drain the souls or Vital Aura, from intelligent, sentient species, since we are the only species that fits the bill on earth, humans are screwed. In Free Ozark territories, is one of the few free lands in the world, in the New World Order. The Lifeweavers, beings from the same world as the Kurians, offer select humans a gift to fight the New Order. By awakening primal instincts and abilities within all humans the Southern Command forges an army to win back the planet. They are a seperate caste fromthe Southern Command, called the Hunters. The Hunters have 3 groups. Bear: juggernauts, mean and tough, they can take on Reapers with ease. However they are still mortal men and women, so they die just the same. Cat: Assasins, spies, and infiltrators. They work alone and prowld deep into enemy territory. Wolf: The most numerous of the Hunters. They are the scouts and cavalry. Light and fast, just as their namesake, they work in groups. The series is about one Wolf in particular. Lt. David Valentine, of Zulu Company. The first 6 or 7 chapters work like individual short stories that chronicle the start of Valentines introduction, training and career in the Wolves. The writer does an excellent job of painting a vivid picture of the new world. Everything from the feeling of constant war and terror, of being vigilant for attacks by the Kurians. To avoiding the Reapers in the Winter by moving further north because the Reapers don't like the cold. Excellent novel, that I cannot recommend enough. Way of the Wolf is for anyone with a love of gritty war stories, with just the right touch of science fiction and fantasy.
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Summary: The kind of fantasy I wish everybody would write
Review: Dark, detailed and inventive, this is the first book I have cared about the plot, characters and world long enough to actually finish. Better yet -- I'm eagerly awaiting "Cat." Please don't ignore this sleeper.
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Summary: Thoroughly enjoyed this one
Review: David Valentine is orphaned when quislings rape and murder his mother and shoot his father. He is brought up by the local priest--Father Max, in a post apocalyptic world where the alien Kuriens now rule. The Kuriens are immortal beings that sustain themselves by feeding on auras of living beings. All living things have an aura, like a magnetic field that surrounds them. The more intelligent the animal, the more powerful the aura. For instance, a monkey being much more intelligent than a cow gives off a very rich aura that the Kuriens need, and then there is man. Humans are a perfect diet for Kuriens, but there's a problem. Humans don't want to die to feed the aliens and insist on fighting back :) Kuriens are adept at manipulating genetic codes to create useful animals. They create various monsters that humans collectively call Grogs, and then there are the Reapers--vampire like creatures that suck the blood of their victims and pass on auras to their Kurien masters. These creatures are deadly, but thankfully there is an answer even in a world where 80% of the world's population has been eradicated by the release of Kurien enhanced plagues. Lifegivers. The lifegivers are descended from the same race as the degenerate Kuriens, but they are good guys. They give humans a chance to fight the Kuriens by enhancing a select few. They create the Wolves, the Cats, and the Bears to lead the fight against the Kuriens. David Valentine becomes a Wolf and fights humanity's enemy. We follow him into various dangers and see him win through. I can't praise this book highly enough. It's very different from any vampire book I've read before and benefits enormously from that. Excellent! Reviewed by Mark E. Cooper
The Warrior Within
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