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This second book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history combines rousing pulp action with steampunk style, bringing epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.
Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, the alliance's horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her duty and embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation from staining its hands with genocide. Reunited with her great love, the mysterious adventurer known to the world as the Greyfriar, Adele is pursued by her own people as well as her vengeful husband, Senator Clark. With the human alliance in disarray, Prince Cesare, lord of the British vampire clan, seizes the initiative and strikes at the very heart of Equatoria.
As Adele labors to bring order to her world, she learns more about the strange powers she exhibited in the north. Her teacher, Mamoru, leads a secret cabal of geomancers who believe Adele is the one who can touch the vast power of the Earth that surges through ley lines and wells up at the rifts where the lines meet. These energies are the key to defeating the enemy of mankind.
If Princess Adele could ever bring this power under her command, she could be death to vampires. But such a victory would also cost the life of Adele's beloved Greyfriar.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
- Sales Rank: #461680 in eBooks
- Published on: 2011-09-06
- Released on: 2011-09-06
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
Praise for the Vampire Empire trilogy:
"Vampire Empire is one of the best fantasy series I've read, set in a unique postapocalyptic world. The landscapes, the peoples, and the incredible gizmos will attack your senses. Their unforgettable characters will stay with you as the tale unwinds."
- RT Book Reviews
"The best vampire series I have read in ages. . . . I am blown away by it. It has it all: romance, steampunk, vampires, adventure, and impossible odds for the hero to overcome."
- Vampire Librarian
"If I was stuck on a deserted island and could only have one vampire book series with me, my choice would be the Griffiths' Vampire Empire saga. Bye Lestat, farewell Edward. . . . Thank you to the Griffiths for fueling and continuing my love of vampire novels."
- Reader Girls
"Filled with mind-boggling political intrigue, betrayal, deception, magic, and a healthy dose of romance-you will be once again swept away by this burgeoning epic saga. . . . The Vampire Empire series remains at the top of my must-read list in Urban Fantasy."
- Smexy Books
About the Author
Clay and Susan Griffith, a married couple who have written and published together for more than two decades, are the authors of the Vampire Empire trilogy—The Greyfriar, The Rift Walker, and The Kingmakers—and the Crown & Key trilogy, as well as the first Vampire Empire: A Gareth and Adele novel, The Geomancer. Their credits include numerous short stories featuring noted genre characters like Kolchak the Night Stalker and the Phantom and comic books including The Tick and The Simpsons. They've also written scripts for the television/web show Monster Creature Feature. They live in North Carolina where they play World of Warcraft and struggle to entertain their cat. Visit the authors' website at clayandsusangriffith.com/ and www.facebook.com/#!/vampireempire.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Wow
By Gargoyle Girl
The first book was really good but this second installment brings so much more to the table. I've already bought the next in the series and can't wait to read it!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Superb follow-up to The Greyfriar raises the series to the next level
By Liviu C. Suciu
INTRODUCTION: The Vampire Empire series by Susan and Clay Griffith that debuted with The Greyfriar last year, is a steampunk alt-history in which vampires - homo nosferatus, a parasitic cousin species having powerful physical attributes and living in clans in zones of moderate temperature - banded together and attacked the Northern Hemisphere states in 1870, almost destroying the western civilization.
The survivors retreated south and mixed with the locals creating the Empire of Equatoria -India, S.Africa, parts of Africa, Egypt, the Gulf - with the capital at Alexandria, the American Republic with the capital at Panama City, the Japanese Empire with the capital in Singapore and other smaller states, while free city-states in Southern Europe eke a meager existence, and the vampires have their own states in England, France, Germany, North America, etc.
Fast forward some 100+ years later and an union between Adele, the heir of Equatoria and Senator Clark the hero of the temporary reconquest of St. Louis presages an alliance that plans to start the reconquest of the North with better guns and better ships.
And the story in The Greyfriar starts when on a show the flag mission to Marseilles, Adele's party is attacked by the British vampire clans led by Cesare, the younger son of the doddering king Dimitry, infamous for his "human-cleansing" of Ireland and she is ultimately kidnapped despite the best efforts of the mysterious cloaked resistance fighter Greyfriar.
Cesare's older brother and supposed British heir due to the very tradition bound rules of the long lived vampires, Lord Gareth lives alone in Scotland treating his "humans" much better than the usual vampires since while a hero of the great vampire uprising of 1870, he got sick of the massacres afterward. And of course Lord Gareth who tries to learn about human culture, including learning to write is fascinated with Adele and so the first installment goes in a book that pulled me in and despite all the expected cliches, secret identities and the like,turned out to be big time fun.
OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: I had high expectations for The Rift Walker but I still was surprised how it turned out to be a major step-up in the series. Once I opened it, I could not put it down until I finished it since I just needed to see what happens, while enjoying every moment of it. The novel is end-to-end adventure with everything you want - duels, battles, treachery, intrigue, revelations, not to speak of romance and magic.
Despite being a middle book in a trilogy, The Rift Walker expands its universe considerably with a trip into the African interior as well as an apparition of vampire clans from across Europe and North America, advances the plotline with major twists and turns, reversal of fortunes and unexpected revelations, while ending at a clear stopping point that promises another entertaining tale to follow.
While in the series debut, I thought that Adele and Greyfriar shared the lead well, The Rift Walker is Adele's novel from the beginning to the end, though Greyfriar has his moments too, the most dramatic being his unexpected appearance at a crucial moment, sending everything upside down and letting the pieces fly so to speak.
While there were lots of cool moments before - from Greyfriar meting justice to wayward vampires and their human tools, to Adele going incognito to see the Alexandrian plays about "her adventure with Greyfriar" and having to fight stalkers and evade the ardor of Senator Clark, her intended, who wants his war and the crown of course, rather than the princess herself - once Greyfriar sends everything spinning, the novel just goes full throttle and rockets, though all in a very entertaining, never over the top way. And the princess truly steals the show, though I want you to discover how - the title gives a hint - since Adele's character growth is one of the major highlights of the novel.
Of the secondary characters, Cesare, Flay and Senator Clark have superb scenes, though the whole cast is very entertaining. Just to give one little tidbit - the appropriately named Cesare, has considerably deeper plans than we got to see in The Greyfriar. So for example he started using the human fascination with "vampires as the undead", to create his undead army, namely humans that believe in the myth, so they valiantly fight for the vampires and generally do their bidding, while asking to be "transformed in vampires" by giving willingly their blood, so when they die they return as vampires. Nonsense of course as Cesare knows perfectly well and something that won't work for ever since the dead stay dead so to speak, but very useful for now.
The human "magical cabal" of Adele's teacher the mysterious Mamoru and his associates also intensify their actions and we start seeing why the princess could be the key to everything, though of course there is this little thing of Adele's romance with Greyfriar and her natural reluctance to become the "vampire exterminator" the cabal wants.
The Rift Walker (A++ and top 25 book of 2011 for me) is the most pure fun novel I've read this year, a romp - though with its darker moments too - where each page brings something new and the action is non-stop. Forget that it has vampires if you dislike the trope as I heartily do, just enjoy the steampunk setting, the great characters and the wild ride from Alexandria to the mountains of Eastern Africa and then back to Egypt.
Note: this review has been originally published on Fantasy Book Critic and all links and references are to be found there
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Lives Up to Expectations
By elyn
Clay and Susan Griffith's The Rift Walker, sequel to The Greyfriar, made me somewhat apprehensive. The first novel was one of my favorites last year, so would the next installment of the Vampire Empire series live up to my high expectations? It did. The Rift Walker is as fantastic as The Greyfriar, if not more.
The Rift Walker takes place a few months after The Greyfriar ended. Princess Adele of Equatoria receives more pressure from her father Emperor Constantine and her intended, the American Republic's Senator Clark, to proceed with their wedding so their nations can unite as one against the British vampire clan. The humans don't know that the vampire Prince Cesare is forming his own alliance with other clans around the world. When Greyfriar learns of Cesare's plans to strike at Adele and Clark's ceremony, he comes to the rescue, whisking the Princess off to safety and away from her royal responsibilities. But that doesn't mean her duties and nation are far from her mind since war with the vampires seems inevitable. All the while, Adele also learns more about her strange powers which are evolving into something grander than she ever thought. There's so much weighing on her but with Greyfriar at her side, maybe they can find a balance between their worlds.
The Rift Walker was entirely addicting with excellent, detailed writing. It has a little bit of something for every reader by smoothly blending several genres. It even included some very well placed humor, notably with Adele and Greyfriar, which pleasantly surprised me. Another outstanding element was the vivid descriptions of the new African locales that take readers right into pages. I can always count on the Griffiths to set up a great world to get lost in.
There were plenty of intriguing storylines that seamlessly weaved together. The politics were genius and twisted as this time it centers heavily on humans whom Cesare cleverly used to his advantage. Power exemplifies delusions and the corruption of certain individuals. Masks fall and deceits are exposed with pieces of the vampire-human war moving into place. Some lines are drawn illustrating where individuals must choose their a side, even if that means working with the enemy. It tests duty versus morals, a running theme in the novel.
Though Greyfriar has a lesser role in The Rift Walker, he is still a powerful figure. He chose his side and that's with Adele. Readers get a chance to see just how deep their relationship is. Their bond is so effortless and solid--they just fit. Individually, they are strong, but together they are an even greater force to be reckoned with even with their new setbacks.
The Rift Walker--the title actually refers to the princess and her ability--is Adele's moment to shine. She makes a rash decision to escape with Greyfriar as her future was unfairly being chosen for her. It was clear from the previous book that she was being used, but here Adele is taking action, taking her future into her own hands. With the court seeing her unfit due to her half-Persian blood and her gender but also unstable because of her time in the north with the vampires, I don't blame her for finding a different route. She's in a man's world but she comes out on her own as a bright, strong-willed woman. She proves throughout the book how she will be a great, compassionate ruler, better than any other individual trying for the throne. Adele also has her geomancy lessons, showing just how extreme the power radiating from the earth is in her hands. It's in her to change the course of the world. I'm completely fascinated and eager to see how it will unfold.
Besides the two main characters, minor ones from The Greyfrair are fleshed out with their own perspectives. Mamoru, Colonel Anhalt, Lord Kelvin, and others show more aspects of their personalities to give added layers and support to plots. With that, there were grave disappointments, but also remarkably touching bits--all made for a good read.
The Rift Walker is an adventure worth delving into. It's an extraordinary, action-filled novel that will keep readers up late at night, scrambling to get to that last page to read the fate of the beloved characters Adele and Greyfriar. The Rift Walker surely leaves a great set up for the conclusion of the series coming out next year. I, for one, am waiting on pins and needles.
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