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Legacy of the Dark Kind #3
Blood Alliance
The third in the Legacy of the Dark Kind series
Fear has the world in a stranglehold. Society is falling apart as attacks by an unknown and powerful force spread panic and anarchy. Amid the escalating chaos, an unlikely alliance is formed. Humans and vampires are forced to put aside their age-old enmity and form a partnership against an implacable and seemingly unstoppable foe.
Fear has the world in a stranglehold. Society is falling apart as attacks by an unknown and powerful force spread panic and anarchy. Amid the escalating chaos, an unlikely alliance is formed. Humans and vampires are forced to put aside their age-old enmity and form a partnership against an implacable and seemingly unstoppable foe.
409 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Raven Dane
33 books53 followersRaven Dane is a UK based author of dark fantasy, alternative history, post apocalyptic SF, horror, steampunk novels and short stories. Her first books were the dark fantasy Legacy of the Dark Kind trilogy, Blood Tears, Blood Lament and Blood Alliance. These were followed by a High Fantasy spoof, The Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire.
Her steampunk novels so far are the award winning Cyrus Darian and the Technomicron and sequel Cyrus Darian and the Ghastly Horde. She has had many short stories published, including one in a celebration of forty years of the British Fantasy Society and in international horror anthologies. These have included Tales of the Lake 2, alongside Richard Chizmar, Ramsey Campbell, Tim Lebbon and Jack Ketchum. She also had a story in Billie Sue Mosiman’s Frightmare –Women Write Horror which was shortlisted for a prestigious Bram Stoker award in 2016.
She has appeared in two international lists of best female horror writers. In 2013, she was signed up by Telos Publishing for her collection of Victorian ghost stories, Absinthe and Arsenic and in 2015, the alternative history/ supernatural novel, Death’s Dark Wings. All the Cyrus books are with Telos now in new editions with the third book in the series due in 2019.
A lifelong Dr Who fan, Raven was delighted and honoured to be part of the script team on a spin off film, The Daemons of Devil’s End by Reeltime Pictures in 2017. She also contributed to the novelisation of the film.
Raven brought out a horror novella, The Bane of Bailgate in 2018 and is currently working on a Victorian-based supernatural novel, The Arcane and a prequel to her Legacy of The Dark Kind trilogy, entitled The Blood of Kings More recently Raven has a post, post apocalyptic SF novel released by Demain Publishing called House of Wrax and a short story in an anthology set in celebrated author Dave Jeffery's A Quiet Apocalypse world called A Silent Dystopia.
Readers, please note , some old editions of Blood Tears,Blood Lament, Blood Alliance and the Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire are no longer available and publishers no longer trading. So far Blood Tears and The Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire are now republished with lovely new covers. Goodreads does not let the author remove out of date editions
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April 22, 2014
Finally, the third book in the Legacy of the Dark Kind series is here.
This now is supposed to be the book that will reveal some of the Dark Kind's background and at the same time launch into the ultimate battle to save the Earth from the Enemy. Naturally, I won't give the finer details of either away in this review. I am most pleased to report that Blood Alliance displays about the same magnificent style of storytelling that got me into this series in the first book (Blood Tears). Raven tells her stories in a beautiful way but without loosing any time playing around with words. All the information belongs into the story. There are no unnecessary descriptions of landscape or similar to bore you while the action pauses. The action just doesn't pause. Also with several human, K'elphin and Dark Kind characters being vital to parts of the story, there is quite a bit to write (and read) about before you get to the end. A bleak future and dark past, both populated with marvellously beautiful and strong vampires (Dark Kind), blend into the plot full of surprises and fast paced action.
Whichever vampire is your own personal favourite in Raven's story will be back in this book. So this is well worth reading if you liked any of the previous books. All of the books in the Legacy series can be read on their own. Each book will give you enough information to follow the story without the previous book. However, I do recommend reading them in order to fully appreciate the extend of the story.
Do not, under any circumstances, read the author's footnote or even worse skip to the end before you've read the whole book though. The twist at the end is quite unexpected and will be worth the wait that comes with reading a book properly.
This now is supposed to be the book that will reveal some of the Dark Kind's background and at the same time launch into the ultimate battle to save the Earth from the Enemy. Naturally, I won't give the finer details of either away in this review. I am most pleased to report that Blood Alliance displays about the same magnificent style of storytelling that got me into this series in the first book (Blood Tears). Raven tells her stories in a beautiful way but without loosing any time playing around with words. All the information belongs into the story. There are no unnecessary descriptions of landscape or similar to bore you while the action pauses. The action just doesn't pause. Also with several human, K'elphin and Dark Kind characters being vital to parts of the story, there is quite a bit to write (and read) about before you get to the end. A bleak future and dark past, both populated with marvellously beautiful and strong vampires (Dark Kind), blend into the plot full of surprises and fast paced action.
Whichever vampire is your own personal favourite in Raven's story will be back in this book. So this is well worth reading if you liked any of the previous books. All of the books in the Legacy series can be read on their own. Each book will give you enough information to follow the story without the previous book. However, I do recommend reading them in order to fully appreciate the extend of the story.
Do not, under any circumstances, read the author's footnote or even worse skip to the end before you've read the whole book though. The twist at the end is quite unexpected and will be worth the wait that comes with reading a book properly.
August 15, 2020
Brown up Vampires at last.
A fitting end to a well written trilogy.
The final book about The Dark Kind. Vampires but without the sparkles of some other writers. These are dark , broody and at times nasty. But also have feelings and a strong sense of "doing the right thing". Well apart from Jas. Hedonistic, and doing things his way. But in the end comes good. I will miss them. Do read the books in order. The way the character's develope as they move through time to the final book explained why the individuals behave the way they do. The humans in the story are as important, but for me it is the vampires which are centre stage. More please RAven.
A fitting end to a well written trilogy.
The final book about The Dark Kind. Vampires but without the sparkles of some other writers. These are dark , broody and at times nasty. But also have feelings and a strong sense of "doing the right thing". Well apart from Jas. Hedonistic, and doing things his way. But in the end comes good. I will miss them. Do read the books in order. The way the character's develope as they move through time to the final book explained why the individuals behave the way they do. The humans in the story are as important, but for me it is the vampires which are centre stage. More please RAven.
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