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Earth is conquered. The Shongairi have arrived in force, and humanity's cities lie in radioactive ruins. In mere minutes, over half the human race has died. Now Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky, who thought he was being rotated home from his latest tour in Afghanistan, finds himself instead prowling the back country of the Balkans, dodging alien patrols and trying to organize the scattered survivors without getting killed. His chances look bleak. The aliens have definitely underestimated human tenacity - but no amount of heroism can endlessly hold off overwhelming force. Then, emerging from the mountains and forests of Eastern Europe, new allies present themselves to the ragtag human resistance. Predators, creatures of the night, human in form but inhumanly strong. Long Enemies of humanity...until now. Because now is the time to defend Earth. The Shongairi now have a real fight on their hands...as Earth's vampires strike at them, out of the dark.
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Earth is conquered. The Shongairi have arrived in force, and humanity’s cities lie in radioactive ruins. In mere minutes, over half the human race has died. Now Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky, who thought he was being rotated home from his latest tour in Afghanistan, finds himself instead prowling the back country of the Balkans, dodging alien patrols and trying to organize the scattered survivors without getting killed. His chances look bleak. The aliens have definitely underestimated human tenacity - but no amount of heroism can endlessly hold off overwhelming force. Then, emerging from the mountains and forests of Eastern Europe, new allies present themselves to the ragtag human resistance. Predators, creatures of the night, human in form but inhumanly strong. Long Enemies of humanity . . . until now. Because now is the time to defend Earth.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read the synopsis and frankly that ruined it for me - so you've been warned.
After that the stories ok - invasion shooting up aliens ad getting shot back at etc.
The main problems I have its only the good old USA that can defend the earth every one plays second fiddle in fact most don't get a mention unless there's an American to hold their hand - crap they are only really good at shooting at each other or their allies never mind aliens.
Secondly is Mr Webber a gun nut as this book provides far far too much information about powder grains and bullet weights / velocities so to get a bit boring.
That's me typed out -other reviewers please note stop after a page as no one ever bothers to read it!
After that the stories ok - invasion shooting up aliens ad getting shot back at etc.
The main problems I have its only the good old USA that can defend the earth every one plays second fiddle in fact most don't get a mention unless there's an American to hold their hand - crap they are only really good at shooting at each other or their allies never mind aliens.
Secondly is Mr Webber a gun nut as this book provides far far too much information about powder grains and bullet weights / velocities so to get a bit boring.
That's me typed out -other reviewers please note stop after a page as no one ever bothers to read it!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
* Spoiler alert *
Weber's not on top form with this one.
As a reader of David Weber since I picked up "On Basilisk Station" at the bookstall in York Railway Station a long, long time ago, I have to say I was disappointed with this one.
Somehow, the outwardly interesting idea of combining alien invasion with rescue of the human race by supernatural forces on our world just doesn't work for me. Canon rules regarding vampirism clearly establish the convention that humanity is preyed upon by vampires, for whom we are a readily available food source just as cattle and poultry are to most of us. I can't be happy with the cosy idea that really, they're our friends, just don't stare at their teeth. I prefer a much older view of the vampire, i.e. one in which an accommodation can be reached with the more intelligent among them, but they will always be a source of risk to the human race. Kim Newman's novel "Anno Dracula" (Simon and Schuster 1992) takes this view.
The book would work better as a straightforward "freedom fighters sort out the invaders" sci-fi novel and for most of its 381 pages, that's how it reads. Unfortunately, as a long-standing sci-fi reader, much of it seemed unoriginal and simply not imaginative enough to give that pleasant feeling of "I enjoyed that" when I'd finished the last page. Purely a personal reaction of course, but I'm raising my spirits with the thought that there's a new Safehold novel on its way.
Despite how I feel about "Out of the Dark", it is the first I've felt lukewarm about, so I hope it's a one-off.
Weber's not on top form with this one.
As a reader of David Weber since I picked up "On Basilisk Station" at the bookstall in York Railway Station a long, long time ago, I have to say I was disappointed with this one.
Somehow, the outwardly interesting idea of combining alien invasion with rescue of the human race by supernatural forces on our world just doesn't work for me. Canon rules regarding vampirism clearly establish the convention that humanity is preyed upon by vampires, for whom we are a readily available food source just as cattle and poultry are to most of us. I can't be happy with the cosy idea that really, they're our friends, just don't stare at their teeth. I prefer a much older view of the vampire, i.e. one in which an accommodation can be reached with the more intelligent among them, but they will always be a source of risk to the human race. Kim Newman's novel "Anno Dracula" (Simon and Schuster 1992) takes this view.
The book would work better as a straightforward "freedom fighters sort out the invaders" sci-fi novel and for most of its 381 pages, that's how it reads. Unfortunately, as a long-standing sci-fi reader, much of it seemed unoriginal and simply not imaginative enough to give that pleasant feeling of "I enjoyed that" when I'd finished the last page. Purely a personal reaction of course, but I'm raising my spirits with the thought that there's a new Safehold novel on its way.
Despite how I feel about "Out of the Dark", it is the first I've felt lukewarm about, so I hope it's a one-off.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Tend to agree with previous reviews that state it is a little disjointed - starts with a good premise, gets a bit geeky and militaristic and then a very obvious short ending in the last few chapters. Not one of his best and like another reviewer 'The Madness Season' by C.S.Friedman is far superior and I did read them both one after the other.
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Really disappointed
It's a shame but I really didn't enjoy this book. I'm usually a fan of Weber's work but this book just left me cold. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Ellis Covington
Meh/shrug
To be honest I'm still in two minds as to whether I enjoyed it or not. I was a nice fast read with some good ideas in it. The action sequences were good as well. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dr. James OCallaghan
Different, but I loved it.
Why does everyone expect a writer to never change or go in a different direction? Yes, it's different to his usual fare - which I also love, by the way, but that is not a bad... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jessalyn
Another Weber Novel
Weber is usually quite good, this time his novel is a bit disappointing with the first half very derivative and the end rushed - the charcters are mostly cyphers which is not... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Unsettled
Yeah it got me
It was a good sci Fi invasion book. About 2/3 of the way through it slaps you and tells you that this books is going to be something different. Read more
Published 6 months ago by zombietown
A sad disappointment for David Weber fans
If you have not read many David Weber books, so are not yet a fan, don't buy this one. For the first 80% it is all good stuff, but David how could you resort to such a lame plot... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Keithrob
One for the Modern Warfare fans ...
I'm a longstanding Weber fan - but this isn't his best. The book comes in three parts, not two ...
The prolog is a bunch of aliens watching the Battle of Agincourt... Read more
The prolog is a bunch of aliens watching the Battle of Agincourt... Read more
Published 6 months ago by ML Grove
Entertaining, but there's not much else going for it
There's an awful lot wrong with this book. To start with, the setup of an alien survey of Earth done several hundred years ago, and then the invasion in the present having the crap... Read more
Published 7 months ago by D. R. Cantrell
Spooks!
90% of this book is a cracking tale of alien invasion and humanity's resistance. The final 10% descends into pure fantasy where VAMPIRES, emergeing from a 500-year 'hibernation',... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Witherswrinkly
Weber's darkest hour...
I've read Weber before and it's been a mixed bag, but always entertaining. However, this book, Out of The Dark, is just aweful. It's written badly, porly edited and repetetive. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. Robert D. Rowntree
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