title: Baltic Gambit: A Novel of the Vampire Earth
author:  E.E. Knight 
description: <b>Praise for the Novels of The Vampire Earth by National Bestselling and Compton Crook Award-Winning Author E. E. Knight</b><br /><br />Knights terrifying future world is an epic canvas on which he paints a tale of human courage, heroism, and yes, even love.Jay Bonansinga, co-author of <i>The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor</i><br /><br />Knights style made me think that if <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> had been written by H.P. Lovecraft, the result would have been something like this.Paul Witcover, Author of <i>Tumbling After</i><br /><br />Knight is a master of deception and tension.<i>Black Gate</i><br /><br />Compelling pulp-adventureThe sympathetic hero, fast-paced action, and an intricately detailed milieu set in various well-imagined regions of twenty-first century North America make for an entertaining read.<i>Publishers Weekly</i>
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  TALE OF THE THUNDERBOLT
  
  THE VAMPIRE EARTH 3
  
  E.E. KNIGHT
  
  Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the Reapers have come to Earth
  to establish a New Order built on harvesting of enslaved human souls. They
  rule the planet. I thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as
  darkness, they will come. It's the forty-eighth year of the Kurian Order. The
  alien, vampiric Kur and their avatars, the Reapers, control most of Earth-
  their new feeding ground. Humanity is scattered and survives only at their new
  masters' whims.
  
  But the Resistance is attempting to reclaim Earth. David Valentine, member of
  the elite Cat spy force, is in enemy uniform aboard the aging gunboat
  Thunderbolt. Whispers have reached him of the discovery of a long-lost weapon
  in the Caribbean-the first glimmer of hope for humanity to finally defeat the
  Reapers.
  
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