The Vampire Earth Series – E.E. Knight

I’ve just started The Vampire Earth series and, so far, it’s been good to me. The setting is a post-apocolyptic America that is ruled by the Kurians. The Kurians live off of a beings “living aura”, which they consume by proxy via Reapers: beings reminiscent of the traditional vampire legends of earth. You know; only come out at night, hard to kill, drink blood etc…. Given mankind’s new role as cattle: Most of the remaining population of earth is just trying to survive, some collaborate with the enemy, and some fight.

But that’s just the setting, The books themselves chronicle the adventures of one David Valentine; who jumps at the chance to join the resistance and fight against the Kurians. The focus is really on him and  his battles and travels through an America that’s returned almost to a Frontier level of technology.

Part science-fiction, part war story, these novels continue to be an interesting read.