Valentine's Exile (Vampire Earth, Book 5) - Hardcover

Knight, E.E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0451460871 ISBN 13: 9780451460875

Publisher: Roc Hardcover, 2006

Synopsis

Revered as a hero following the first major defeat of their Kurian enemies by rebel forces, David Valentine now confronts a dangerous enemy at home when he is accused of abusing Quisling prisoners, the human pawns of the vampire aliens, and undertakes a mission to rescue the wife of wounded fellow freedom fighter William Post. 25,000 first printing.

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About the Author

E.E. Knight graduated from Northern Illinois University with a double major in history and political science, then made his way through a number of jobs that had nothing to do with history or political science. He resides in Chicago. Series website: vampireearth.com

Reviews

Knight's fifth novel in his Vampire Earth series, the first in hardcover, has lost none of the compelling pulp-adventure flavor of its mass market predecessors (Valentine's Rising, etc.). Postapocalyptic Earth has been occupied for 50 years by alien Kurian invaders, who use their blood-drinking Reaper avatars to keep what's left of humanity in line. The Texas Republic and Ozark Free Territories have recently made some headway against the Kurians, and heroic resistance leader David Valentine continues his fight to save Earth by kicking Kurian tentacles whenever possible. Complications arise when Valentine tries to find out what happened to a wounded comrade's ex-wife, then is arrested on trumped up torture and murder charges connected with his handling of some prisoners. The sympathetic hero, fast-paced action and an intricately detailed milieu set in various well-imagined regions of 21st-century North America make for an entertaining read. (June)
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David Valentine, already a hero for his part in the uprising at Little Rock, plays the hero again in a major victory launched from the stronghold of Love Field in Fort Worth, Texas. Enlisted by an old friend and former Quisling to search for his wife, Valentine starts asking difficult questions. Before he can follow the tenuous leads on her fate, he is arrested for his treatment of the Quislings--Kurian collaborators--back in Little Rock. Finding himself a pawn in strategic negotiations between his commanders and the Quislings out west, he escapes, thanks to old friends, from the vagaries of politics and continues his quest north into the Kurian Order, that is, through Kentucky and into Ohio. He finally finds Gail Post in a mysterious, heavily guarded compound, in which he also discovers a secret that will shatter the foundations of his cause. Knight gives us a thrill ride through a world ruled by the vampiric Kurians and filled with engaging characters and grand schemes, and promises more to come. Regina Schroeder
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Edition details

• Publisher: Roc Hardcover
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451460871
• ISBN 13: 9780451460875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336