Review of Freeper snake65's novel, The Way of the Wolf

The Vampire Earth Series Web Site ^ | October 13, 2003 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

I bought and read E.E. Knight's (Freeper snake65), Way of the Wolf and promised I would review it for other Freepers.

This is that review.

The Way of the Wolf
Book One of the Vampire Earth Series

The Way of the Wolf is the first in a three part series entitled, Vampire Earth.

This is not your typical vampire, guts, gore and supernatural book. Quite frankly, if it had been, I would never have read it.

This book is an exciting and compelling read about a fictional future where the legends of earth's vampires resulted from a prior contact between mankind and an alien race that is at war with itself over the use of human and other species life auroa.

In the book,the part of that race that has committed itself to using human life auroa to prolong its own life has taken over the earth and the story is set in that post apocalyptic era.

E.E. Knight spins about as exciting and interesting a yarn as you will read. It is one of the better sci-fi novels I have read in the last ten years and it is about the fight for liberty and freedom against almost unimaginable odds by a people determined to retain their liberty.

My only issue with the novel, and it is one admittedly of my own making, is that there was simply too much profanity and one fairly explicit sex scene for me or my family's personal values and faith.

I find myself feeling that it is, in a sense, too bad because I really wanted to find out what happens in the ensuing novels, The Choice of the Cat and. The Tale of the Thunderbolt. Not too bad that I have those values mind you...because our society is founded upon and based upon a retention of those values by the majority of the families and individuals in America IMHO...but too bad that such a rich and intriguing story found it necessary to include them.

All the same, I must say that E.E. Knight does tell a rich, intriguing, exciting and compelling story that is very hard to put down!

[Living_the_life_of_Dilbert]

Great! Im looking forward to reading it. Congrats Snake65 on the book. :)

[Chad Fairbanks]

I wasn't criticizing :0)

[Snake65]

Actually I'm very happy that Jeff placed that warning in his review. When I first announced the book on FR, I mentioned that it contained violence, profanity, and sexuality. I'm not out to offend people.

I want readers to know what they're buying. A gal in my writer's group who writes "cozy" mysteries was pretty turned off by the violence, though she wasn't troubled at all by the language or sex.

I think books should be rated like movies or TV shows. And frankly, this one's an R.

[RikaStrom]

Ok Snake, these are right up my alley, where do I get a copy?

[RikaStrom]

Dubs,

Thanks Honey, you know me well! :-)

[showme_the_Glory]

I am very mindful of the types of stuff I take in so I'll have to pass on this one, but, I'm glad to see a Freeper receiving kudos for his talent.

[Jeff Head]

No problem...none taken.

Just wanted to be sure.

Fregards.

[Jeff Head]

Squeeze HERE for Amazon.

Squeeze HERE for Barnes & Noble.

[Jeff Head]

My friend, you are a class act. Thanks.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Yeah, I was just teasing snake65 :0) (My way of bumping the thread)

:0)

[Jeff Head]

Then by all means...B U M P !!!

[bootless]

Bump!

[RikaStrom]

Hiya Jeff.

Long time, no type!

Thanks for the links. As Amazon is my friend (and I have two gift certificates there), I have ordered my book and am eagerly awaiting it. lol

RS

[Snake65]

Just had to share with you guys a piece of fan mail I got from an Army Sgt. serving in Iraq. Really made my day. I didn't give his name for obvious reasons:

Just a quick note to you saying I enjoyed your book. I am a soldier currently deployed in Iraq and Way of the Wolf was recommended to me by a friend of mine, who picked it up at one of the MWR libraries they have here. I enjoyed it very much and am looking forward to the next one. Hopefully when it comes out I will be home and able to get it from a bookstore. Keep up the good work!
Sgt. J. B.
424 MedLog Bn.

Writing doesn't pay much, but it sure feels worthwhile when you get something like this in your inbox.

[Jeff Head]

I know exactly what you mean.

Congrats and glad to see you are making those guys day!

I have been interacting with a couple of service personnel on one area of my 4th Volume. They contacted me back when they read Volume II and asked if their unit could be named as the unit that took over security whenever we retook Incirlik Air Base in Turkey late in the series. (We lost it early on to a confederation of Islamic nations called the GIR-Greater Islamic Republic-who allied with Red China at the onset of hostilities).

I said yes, I'd be happy to name the 159th Security Force Squadron...and now that time has come. A Chief Master Sergeant and the 1st Sergeant for this Squadron have gotten their squadron into the book by name with some really good, authentic story telling...and they are hiped. I am going to include them in the acknowledgements.

Neat stuff.

I will be posting that section as my 3rd excerpt for that volume on my site...here on FR and elsewhere in the next ten days or so.

Only 50 more pages for my volume IV and then it will be on the street in late November!

[Living_the_life_of_Dilbert]

Got my copy yesterday and although Im only on chapter one... I LOVE IT! :)

Snake you did an awesome job on this book. The plot is interesting and the characters seem to draw you right into the story with them. Grats again and Im looking forward to your next book.

[Snake65]

Wow, ready to buy the sequel and you're only on chapter one...that's saying something. Thanks!

[Living_the_life_of_Dilbert]

Just finished the book. A truely awesome read! The next book in the series comes out in May of 2004? Again, great Job Snake, Im looking forward to the next one.

[RightWhale]

I will have to pick up this book. As to Rice, you will need an extra shot of insulin. Hamilton: it's a different town at night, cats, dogs, swans, how to do concealed carry when you aren't concealing much.

[Snake65]

Thanks!