Way of the Wolf (The Vampire Earth, Book 1)
by E.E. Knight (Goodreads author!)
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Read in October, 2007
I enjoyed this book, and will read further into the series.
The basic concept of the book is that the earth has been overrun by a vampiric race, and humanity leaves on more or less as breeding stock. Some humans are still mounting a resistance, aided by another interstellar race who are at war with the first. The book follows the adventures of David Valentine, resistance fighter and son of one of the very first enhanced soldiers known as "Wolves."
This book did hit a few of my pet ...more
The basic concept of the book is that the earth has been overrun by a vampiric race, and humanity leaves on more or less as breeding stock. Some humans are still mounting a resistance, aided by another interstellar race who are at war with the first. The book follows the adventures of David Valentine, resistance fighter and son of one of the very first enhanced soldiers known as "Wolves."
This book did hit a few of my pet ...more
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Read in January, 2007
i really like this series!!! the book isn't very long but it shows earth in the year 2050 or somewhere around there... earth has been over run with an alien species that have managed to basically master the human race... they keep themselves alive by controlling reapers (kind of like vampires) and killing sentient beings. the kurian order (the ruling aliens) are battled by lifeweavers though. the lifeweavers biologically enhance humans kind of like turning on an overdrive in them and use th...more
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Read in December, 2007
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People who know me know well that I love me a good vampire story (one of my wife's Christmas gifts to me was the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book collection). So it should probably come as no surprise that I plowed right through this book and plan on reading the other books in the series in quick succession (though I may not review them all). Although it took a bit of "suspension of disbelief" to get past the alien-gate-traveler/vampiric-aura-consumer thing, it turned out to be an...more
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Way of the Wolf is the first book in one of the best vampire series ever. The story is very complex, original and ambitiously written. It definitely has a 'military' touch and fighting and battle in it, which I usually don't read and would think of as 'male' books. But this one also spends a lot of time to describe the characters, their motivations and feelings. You should really give it a try! You may also check out the author's website which presents further background information to the vampi...more
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Read in July, 2007
A tale of a post-apocalyptic Earth invaded by ancient alien space vampires. Um, it's actually not as cheesy as that sounds.
I'm not sure why this book didn't click for me. It has a fairly developed fantasy world, mildly interesting magic, a military story, an alien story, a coming of age story, a love story... As you can see the book was kind of all over the place, but no individual piece was compelling and the main character never developed a distinct personality.
I'm not sure why this book didn't click for me. It has a fairly developed fantasy world, mildly interesting magic, a military story, an alien story, a coming of age story, a love story... As you can see the book was kind of all over the place, but no individual piece was compelling and the main character never developed a distinct personality.
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This review works for all the books in the vampire earth series.
If you like hard boiled and scifi/postappocaliptic fiction David Valentine is the protagonist for you. Suitably myterious and tragic origins, devil may care attitude, deep broding sense of personal justice(usually involving violence), and yet the odds always remain stacked against him. I have enjoyed the entire series and eagerly await the next installment.
If you like hard boiled and scifi/postappocaliptic fiction David Valentine is the protagonist for you. Suitably myterious and tragic origins, devil may care attitude, deep broding sense of personal justice(usually involving violence), and yet the odds always remain stacked against him. I have enjoyed the entire series and eagerly await the next installment.
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I have enjoyed this entire series. The Way of the wolf is the 1st. If you enjoy apocalyptic fiction this is a good and light read. It has life energy sucking vampires, world shattering plagues and real politic.
They are light reading about 4 hrs a book for me but good escapist fiction
They are light reading about 4 hrs a book for me but good escapist fiction
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Read in September, 2008
I gave up on another book. It's becoming a bad habit. This book didn't have a plot. It was more like a bunch of short stories stuck together with one main character. The author felt the need to give too much background information. And why would a guy living like a mountain man have "glossy" hair? Sigh.
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Read in May, 2008
I found it on the bookshelf with some of T's things. I thought I'd give it a shot...haven't read anything like it before.
Nevermind! I got about one-third of the way through and decided it wasn't worth it. The story wasn't going anywhere. The author spent too much time on character development.
Nevermind! I got about one-third of the way through and decided it wasn't worth it. The story wasn't going anywhere. The author spent too much time on character development.
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Read in September, 2008
Found this book and its series while at Borders one day. Good light Sci-Fi/Vampire/End of World reading. The really bad thing is that vampires transfer auras of the people that they kill to their masters. I didnt like this premise and it never gets explained. But the book as a whole is decent.
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Read in January, 2003
Awesome start to an awesome series. Vampires, blood, sex, revenge......Its better than a Die Hard movie. Its a little confusing when it starts. It opens on a battle scene a few years ahead of itself, then takes you back to where everything makes sense.
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Read in January, 2008
I was really suprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I really like how it veered from the classic view of a vampire and put it in a post apocalyptic world. Truly one of my favorite books and I cant wait to continue reading the books in this series.
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In hind sight I wish I hadn't picked up this book. I feel compelled to finish a series when I start and so far (through book 3) I haven't been overly impressed. I like vampire tales, so I had to try it.
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This is a very interesting series i stumbled on book one at a booksale and got hooked. it is a post apacalyptic version of red badge of courage. A very unique and suprisingly well crafted story.
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This was so not my kind of book. Military, supernatural, post-apocalyptic, alien/vampire... but I couldn't stop reading and scooped up the entire series. I love the hero, who is often not.
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Read in August, 2008
i like the way the book is written, nice attention to deatil. good back ground lesson early on to explain things. like the main character
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I'm struggling through this one. In fact, I've set it aside in favor of something else for now. I hope to get back into this one soon.
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Read in February, 2006
It's a light, fun tale of action and adventure. Great for light reading when you don't want to think to hard.
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