Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way of the Wolf | 2001 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 2 | The Way of the Wolf | 2010 | E.E. Knight | N/A |
| 3 | Choice of the Cat | 2004 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 4 | Tale of the Thunderbolt | 2005 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 5 | Tale of the Thunderbolt Part | - | E.E. Knight | N/A |
| 6 | Valentine’s Rising | 2005 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 7 | Valentine’s Rising, 1 of 2 | - | E.E. Knight | N/A |
| 8 | Valentine’s Exile | 2006 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 9 | Valentine’s Resolve | 2007 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 10 | Fall with Honor | 2008 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 11 | Winter Duty | 2009 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 12 | March in Country | 2011 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 13 | Appalachian Overthrow | 2013 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
| 14 | Baltic Gambit | 2014 | E.E. Knight | Buy |
Vampire Earth is E.E. Knight’s signature achievement in science fiction, a long-running series that follows David Valentine from a young recruit in a resistance movement to a veteran soldier who has seen the full scope of the alien occupation. The setting is a future Earth where alien creatures called Kurians, and the zombie-like Reapers they control, have taken over most of civilization and harvest human life force to survive.
Knight builds the series around Valentine’s progression through the military ranks and across the geography of a shattered United States. Early books cover the American South and Caribbean; later ones push into Appalachia and Eastern Europe. The scope expands steadily, and the politics of the resistance movement grow more complicated as the series matures. Readers who start with Way of the Wolf will find the world gets considerably more layered by the time they reach Appalachian Overthrow and Baltic Gambit.
The series ran for over a decade and is now complete, which makes it a good long-term reading project for fans of post-apocalyptic and military science fiction. Starting from book one and reading in order is strongly recommended, since Valentine’s history and the world’s political situation carry significant weight across the full run.