Science fiction by E. E. Knight. The book is one of the SFBC (Science Fiction Book Club) 60th Anniversary Collection: Vampire Earth Volume 2. This omnibus collection includes: Valentine's Rising, Valentine's Exile, and Valentine's Resolve. 831 pages. ISBN 978-1-62490-772-2. The Kurians and their Reapers came. They slayed. But they did not conquer all. David Valentine is part of Earth's elite resistance force-the specially enhanced Wolves, Cats, and Bears who battle to free humanity from their vampiric alien overlords. His story continues in Way of the Bear's three complete Vampire Earth novels: VALENTINE'S RISING Once a bastion of freedom, the Ozarks have been overrun. Can Valentine's last-ditch mission of liberation beat back the dark? VALENTINE'S EXILE A promise to a fallen comrade leads Valentine deep into Kurian territory-and what he discovers could destroy his very sanity.... VALENTINE'S RESOLVE After years of exile, Valentine returns to recruit a masterful warrior who may be more foe than friend....
Way of the Bear contains three stories about engineered humans fighting for freedom of a blood sucking alien race who takes over the United States. All three stories follow the career of a ranger named Valentine as he struggles to help free humanity from these vampires. The works include valentine's Rising, Valentine's Exile, and Valentine's Resolve.