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Valentine's Rising [With Headphones] (Vampire Earth #4)
by
E.E. Knight (Goodreads Author),
Christian Rummel
Returning to the Ozark Territories, freedom fighter David Valentine is shocked to find it overrun by vampiric Kurians under the command of the merciless Consul Solon. In a desperate gambit, Valentine leads a courageous group of soldiers on a mission to drive a spike into the gears of the Kurian Order. Valentine stakes life, honor, and the future of his home in a rebellion ...more
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December 28th 2009
by Playaway
(first published December 6th 2005)
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Valentine’s Rising takes place immediately following the disastrous end of the previous novel, Tale of the Thunderbolt. The disaster was widespread and has changed Southern Command forever, and David Valentine and his remaining men must find ways to survive the situation. Valentine’s Rising is a tale of espionage, sacrifices, and all-out war.
E.E. Knight sticks with the same format he’s always used in the VAMPIRE EARTH novels: plenty of action, hard choices, and cool characters. Over ...more
E.E. Knight sticks with the same format he’s always used in the VAMPIRE EARTH novels: plenty of action, hard choices, and cool characters. Over ...more
**** "Valentine's Rising" (Vampire Earth 4) is a small part of Cat infiltrator David Valentine's success in a frontier-like future. E.E. Knight's bio shows history degree, so the military and philosophical nuggets of wisdom fit, but how does he ratch up the tension, pulling you in to read one more page, one more, one more, till you stay up all night? How does he keep us hoping, fighting, for the rebels to at least survive?
Despite the setting, these stories are about people. The ...more
Despite the setting, these stories are about people. The ...more
My nephew convinced me to read the first book of this series, even though I am not a huge "vampire" fan. But the vampires in this series are not vampires in the classic sense of the word, so I gave it a shot. Valentine's Rising is the fourth book in the series and I'm still reading, so what does that tell you?
It's not as much a "vampire series" as the name "Vampire Earth Series" would lead you to believe. This is more a post-apocalyptic tale than anythi...more
It's not as much a "vampire series" as the name "Vampire Earth Series" would lead you to believe. This is more a post-apocalyptic tale than anythi...more
I like this series. There's only one thing that really irritates me. The author gives freakin data-dumps at the start of every single chapter. Ostensibly in order to tell you details of the surrounding area, but it's freakin' utterly annoying. It's anywhere from 1-3 pages. Come on. But aside from that this is an enjoyable series. A nice new take on vampire-type-thingies. And they don't fucking sparkle.
David Melbie
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Recommended to David by:
Jeannie Yarbrough & Paul Shrum
I love this series. The main thrust of these books is all about fighting, not just for survival, but to regain all that once was yours -- freedom.
Valentine is a great character. He has developed quite well throughout these books, as well as Ahn-Kha, the "Grog!" --From A Reader's Journal, by d r melbie.
Valentine is a great character. He has developed quite well throughout these books, as well as Ahn-Kha, the "Grog!" --From A Reader's Journal, by d r melbie.
Another few days, another Vampire Earth book down. I can't stop reading them. Some gritty realism, coupled with some character development, coupled with a grand post-apocalyptic world: it does not get any better when it comes to fantasy/sci-fi, in my opinion. Perhaps somewhat unbelievable at times, but still enough to keep me going, at least.
Valentine has fought to bring the special weapon capable of killing off the Kurians back to his homeland but was betrayed before he could succeed. This chapter in the series is even darker as the evil Kurians and their minions are amassing even more territory while Valentine struggles to keep himself and his comrades alive and fueling the resistance.
I enjoyed this installment a great deal. Knight ties up some loose ends, but I also know the series carries on for a while longer so it will be interesting to see where it goes from here.
The 4th book in The Vampire Earth series. Again, not great, but it’s something kinda fun to read. If you read the first in the series and liked it, you’ll probably like this one too.
I like the serial nature of these books. E.E. Knight seems to have a specific story arc in mind. I hope he has to courage to end it in due time instead of listening to his publisher & agent and letting it grow long-in-the-tooth.
Another great installment of the series (I know I keep repeating myself but it is true)!
Another good chapter in the series.
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This was the best of the series so far. Although the series plotline didn't move along very much, it was still filled with an action-packed story. I hope in the next few books we actually see some things happen.
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I love this series!
Hell Yeah!! This was as good as the first one. Less "filler", more Killer. Don't get ahead of yourselves, though. You still have to read the first 3 to understand whats going on.
I'm sure it was just me, but I got lost a few times. The dialog became jumpy at times with a little too much with the colloquialisms. Good any way.
A step down from the earlier books, I just didn't enjoy this one as much. Still, not a bad light read if you like the others in the series.
I think I liked the first 2 books in the series better. I'll keep reading the series just to see where it goes from here.
after the ozarks are smashed, valentine winds up in the perfect position to jam the gears of the kurian order... very good
Another great book in the series!
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