Product Description

EARTH, 2065: UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Welcome to David Valentine's world. It is a world where conquered humans occupy a role somewhere between livestock and slaves. A world ruled by unearthly monsters of such dark intent and limitless hunger that they can only be called Vampires.

Violently orphaned at the age of eleven, Valentine's aimless life changes when he meets a group of men bearing arms against the vampiric invaders and their human allies. These men are Wolves: elite guerilla fighters engaged in an ongoing battle to win back the Earth.

The Way of the Wolf is not an easy road to travel. Few men or women can master the disciplines involved, and those who do rarely survive for long. But for young David Valentine, compelled by the losses of his past and the dreams of his future, there can be no other choice. It is a choice that will lead him to adventures beyond his wildest imaginings…and to horrors worse than any he has ever faced.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23340 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-05
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 400 pages

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From the Author
The history of Vampire Earth is something I've worked on for about eight years. The world is a stew containing ingredients from all the pulp influences of my youth: R. E. Howard's Conan, H. P. Lovecraft's erudite heroes, C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, and Louis L'Amour's tough Apaches and Western villains. As I grew older I learned to appreciate Tolkien and Lewis, Bradbury and Heinlein. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then I'm flattering those and many others with my milieu. One interesting thing I discovered in my research is that many cultures have vampire legends, not just European ones as described in Stoker's Dracula. The creatures I describe come from many of these sources, as well as my own imagination. I hope that readers will enjoy experiencing my work as much as I enjoyed creating it.” - E. E. Knight

About the Author
. E. Knight has lived almost all of his thirty-six years in the Midwest, and has been writing for about twenty of them. After attempts at journalism, photography, and a series of jobs better left unlisted, he now works as a software developer in Chicago. His passions include reading, movies, music, history, gaming, and creating the tales of Vampire Earth.

Customer Reviews

Best fantasy book I've read in ages
This book definitely keeps you guessing - a bit like James Barclay in the way that the author doesn't flinch at killing off characters - you know the type, "the six heroes battled their way through two hundred slavering monsters using their barely trained but stupendous powers, with barely a scratch, and the hero and heroine march off into the sunset and live happily ever after", blech!

You get the sense of isolation and remoteness, the fact that people are fighting for their survival after decades of occupation by a race of beings that are superior predators. The invaders can create monsters to do their bidding, sending them out to harvest human souls to preserve their lives indefinitely - hence the vampire bit. However, that's where the similarity to most vampire stories ends - forget snuggling up to a sexy vampire and getting lost in ecstacy and all that rubbish - these vampires will rampage through whole villages and rip everyone's heart out, sending the unfortunates' souls back to their master to feed on.

It's not that gruesomely detailed, really, but the reactions and emotions of the humans are understandable given the force they face. David Valentine is orphaned by a patrol (human helpers of the invaders - lots of layers to this, but think nazi collaborators in WWII) and joins the resistance force as a wolf (there are also cats - lone assassins - and bears - elite, baddest human fighters).

As I said, this book is anything but predictable, the characters very well fleshed out and, wonder of wonders, not everything is expained in two-year old diction at the start of the book, the reader is credited with some intelligence to come to our own conclusions, and all through the story, new complexities are added to the plot. All in all, having read a lot of fantasy books, I rate this very highly - actually, i've just ordered the rest of the series!

excellent book - excellent series
I read it a couple of years ago and it again is a very exciting book and one that I kept reading well into the night. I picked it up again because we are finally doing this series with our book group, with the Author very graciously joining us to answer questions. (we are so lucky!)

It is a science fiction book, it has vampires in it, it reads like a western sometimes and a bit like a war novel. I tried to tell my BIL about it and he said I just listed about half the book genres lol

It is set in the future but it feels like the past. They no longer have all the modern conveniences we all take for granted. They have had to go back to living off the land and it does read a lot like books about pioneers, settlers and the old west. Not only do they have to contend with this rough life, they also have to deal with vampires who drink your blood and suck your soul

It's gripping stuff.

The best book I've read in ages!
It's not often I say this about a book, but this one was seriously excellent. I've read books from loads of genres but this one takes the biscuit! It sets a standard new authors in the genre will find difficult to beat. Not expecting much when I ordered it, I found myself increasingly engrossed as I continued. The baddies are bad, the goodies are heros and the action is fast-paced but easy to follow.
This book is by far the best of its kind I have read, and can I just add that Valentine is one cool hero, and totally convincing without becoming a cliche. Okay, I'll try to contain the enthusiasm a bit - It's a great book I guarantee you'll enjoy, in fact I've already ordered the next one.