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Way of the Wolf
| Author: | E. E. Knight |
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Roc, 2003 |
| Series: | The Vampire Earth: Book 1 |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come.
On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine. Brought into the special forces of The Wolves--an elite guerilla force sworn to win back Earth--this is Valentine's first command in the Kurian Zone. Driven by the losses of his past and the hope of a future, Valentine is in it to win. No matter how long it takes. No matter what doom of fate awaits him beyond his wildest nightmares.
Fight. Kill. Survive.
This is the way of The Wolves.
"If The Red Badge of Courage had been written by H.P. Lovecraft." --Paul Witcover, author of Waking Beauty
Excerpt
From Chapter One:
It came, full of awful speed and power. A cloaked figure charged into the light, seeming to fly over the ground in a blur of motion. "Hood!" a Wolf shouted, squeezing off a shot and working the bolt on his rifle. The caped-and-cowled figure made a leap twenty feet from the barn, crashing bodily through the old planks and beams as if they were papier-mâché. The Reaper landed on all fours, arms and legs splayed like a spider. Before a gun could be turned in its direction, it sprang at the nearest Wolf, a shovel-bearded wedge of a man named Selbey. It was upon him before he could bring up his gun. The Hood's satchel-sized mouth opened to display ebony pointed teeth. Inhumanly large jaws sank into Selbey's arm, thrown up in defense. The Wolf's scream matched those from outside as the thing opened its mouth to bite again.
Valentine grabbed a candle-flare from Patel's two remaining at the south door. He thrust the candle into the lantern, waiting for it to sputter into life. It caught on after an eternity, and he ran towards the Hood.
The thing raised its blood-smeared face from the twitching victim to receive the burning end in its eye. It howled out its fury and pain and slapped the candle out of Valentine's hand with the speed of a leopard's paw. The flaming wand fell to the ground as the thing rose. The Reaper's menacing black shadow seemed to fill the wall of the barn. Death reached for Valentine, who struggled to draw his blade from its sheath in time.
Copyright © 2003 by E. E. Knight
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