Knight flavors action with humor in this sixth Vampire Earth book (after 2006's Valentine's Exile
). Some 50 years after the 2022 takeover of Earth by the Kurian Order, crumbling pockets of resistance are being stabbed in the back by Quislings, humans who sympathize with the Kurians, as members of the resistance struggle to fight off the alien Grogs and the vampiric Kurian avatars known as Reapers. The only hope for the Southern Command is resistance hero David Stuart Valentine, who is persuaded to undertake a hazardous journey to Seattle and locate the mystical Lifeweavers, helpful aliens captured by the Kurian. Along the way Valentine's resolve and faith in the movement are tested after learning one guerrilla leader's disturbing plans for Kurian-held Seattle. Classic apocalyptic SF on a grand scale is always scary, but Knight makes it terrifically entertaining as well. (July)
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Reviewed on: 06/04/2007
Release date: 07/01/2007
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 323 pages - 9780451461469
Open Ebook - 336 pages - 9781436233033
Peanut Press/Palm Reader - 336 pages - 9781436233040
Mass Market Paperbound - 350 pages - 9780451462190
Open Ebook - 336 pages - 9781440639173