E.E. Knight's Vampire Earth
If you like post-apocalyptic stories where humans are struggling for survival against a more powerful foe, I think you should check out author E.E. Knight's Vampire Earth series of books. The series is set a couple hundred years into the future where a race of vampire-like alien invaders called Kurians have essentially taken over the earth. Like the tagline says, 'Earth is under new management'. It's sort of like Mad Max meets Resident Evil, with plenty of Nazi undertones to keep it interesting.
The main character of the Vampire Earth series is a soldier named David Valentine, and each book explores his time working his way up the ranks of the human resistance movement. The author spends plenty of time developing this character and some of the other regular cast members, and it is easy to root for this tormented hero who is constantly up against greater odds. I have always enjoyed that author E.E. Knight manages to avoid a lot of clichés associated with this genre, and he puts some good twists in each book.
As of this writing, the Vampire Earth series contains seven books, with the eighth one to be released in the summer of 2009. I would love to see these books turned into a series of movies, or even a TV show.
Click the images below to see my review of each book on Epinions.com. I just added the review for Winter Duty. It's great!
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Outside links:
- Vampire Earth @ Wikipedia
This has a list of all the characters, settings, and more. It also has plot summaries for each of the books. - E.E. Knight @ Amazon.com
A list of all the books from E.E. Knight, plus some news and updates. - E.E. Knight's Blog
This is the author's personal LiveJournal. It's the best source of info about these and other books, and you can leave him comments! - Interview with E.E. Knight
This interview was conducted in March 2004 with SFSite.com. - Vampjac Productions
E.E. Knight's website. It doesn't look like it has been updated since 2007. - Vampire Earth Book Trailer
A really cool YouTube video full of fan art based on this series of books.
Sound interesting? Buy the books at the links below!