Eternal Vigilance [Paperback]

Gabrielle Faust (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2008

After a century of Sleep, Tynan Llywelyn has awoken to find the world he once knew utterly obliterated by a brutal war of epic proportions. In a new apocalyptic society, bitterly divided by magic and technology, the Tyst Empire has found that a hundred years of global domination is not enough to sate their thirst for power. They have discovered the secret of the vampire race and have designed a plan to seize their own sinister form of immortality with the help of an ancient vampiric god. The Phuree, a rebel uprising that has been engaged in a bloody war with the Tyst since the beginning of the new regime, have obtained the knowledge of Lord Cardone's plans and have allied themselves with the remaining Immortal clan. The powerful Phuree oracle, Nahalo, has had a vision that in Tynan alone lies the power to defeat the vampiric god and the dictatorship. Cast into the midst of a global war between magic and technology, mortals and vampires, in a new world he is still struggling to define, Tynan must make the harrowing decision to save the world he so bitterly detests or stand and watch as humanity is destroyed by a primordial evil beyond all imagining.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Immanion Press (April 17, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904853536
• ISBN-13: 978-1904853534
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,315,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What is madness and paranoia?, September 6, 2010

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Jessie Potts "Book Taster" (Terre d'Ange) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eternal Vigilance (Paperback)

I am ashamed to admit it, but like the great Martin Miller books it took me a while to pick up Eternal Vigilance. Why? I have no idea considering the amazing writing and gothic characters, but it did. Now I feel obligated to review it so that you won't make the same mistake. Gabrielle Faust has written a book that is not at all like the vampire romance genre out there. Yes they have their good aspects too. Faust writes as if Tynan (main character) was alive, not in the glorified undead life that we have come to associate with vampires now days, but the mad, paranoid, looking for certainties and resolution kind of undead. Tynan might be a savior, he might be a martyr or the back bone of his own vampire religion, but he is still dirty, still slightly insane and still unsure of who to trust and who to ally with.

The story opens with one of Tynan's dreams. Ice, dragons, death, wind, all of these batter at him and he wonders why he's here and alive? Turns out years ago Tynan, unlike other vampires, felt too much, each drink, each death, he felt acutely and painfully. The only solution he could see was to spell himself to eternal sleep. One where he will never wake up and worry of humanity's pain and destruction. Until something went wrong and he wakes up a hundred years later in what I can only call a wasteland apocalypse. This is no ordinary human wipe out. There are factions out there who want control of the waste that is left of humanity, there are factions who know about Immortals, and those that currently rule want Immortality for themselves. There is still technology, only it has evolved into a form of organic code, one that constantly and sporadically evolves on it's own into something new and not always good. Tynan realizes just what he left behind, and those that are still alive feel like they are owed answers, after all he was their prophet, their messiah, their father. (started his own vampire religion) Tynan's paranoia kicks in to high gear and voices whisper to him that his maker and his friend aren't what they seem. That those he considered Elders are now all dead, and the vampire god is about to be summoned.

This book is the first in the trilogy and I was sucked in fang and nail in the first page. This story isn't like Rice's vampires because Faust's are fighting for something, not just survival. There are backstories and backstories, there are ancients and evils, grey magic and black. I was appalled at myself when I finished this book that I hadn't picked it up sooner. I am now opening the second book and hope for more from Tynan and humanity.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of something great, July 18, 2008

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This review is from: Eternal Vigilance (Paperback)

Vampire fiction usually doesn't interest me at all, and I picked this up hesitantly at the recommendation of a mutual friend. Needless to say (based on the five-star rating) I was pleasantly surprised.

The first in what I hope will be a successful series, "Eternal Vigilance" avoids the typical vampire cliches and sets up characters and plot well for future installments.

It starts off somewhat slowly, but the pace continues to build rapidly throughout, drawing you in and leaving you wanting more.

If you're already a fan of the vampire sub-genre, I can only assume you'll be wishing there was a six-star option

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keep Your Eye on This One!, July 8, 2008

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Kaolin Fire "GUD Magazine" (Acton, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eternal Vigilance (Paperback)

When I know a book is going to be part of a series, it has to be pretty darn good for me to consider forking out for future instalments. Unfortunately, this book doesn't work so well as a stand-alone novel, and that was disappointing.

Basically, Eternal Vigilance is a vampire Fantasy novel set in 2111. Tynan, a vampire who created and led his own religion, has been asleep for a hundred years. After letting down the vampires who followed him, when his belief in his own faith crumbled, he cast a spell that should have sent him to sleep forever. It didn't. He wakes to find the world he once knew ravaged by a fierce war, and technology literally evolving on its own.

Tynan is different from other vampires--every time he kills and feeds he absorbs the pasts of his victims into his own memory. It is this unusual characteristic, as well as the human traits he can't shake off, which led to his hatred of the world and a battle in which he disgraced himself by killing another vampire.

The first half of Eternal Vigilance deals mainly with backstory, which is necessary but a little tedious. However, when you get through that part, things start to get more interesting. Some of the immortals are not exactly pleased by Tynan's return, and he fears their reactions. It's obvious Tynan is special, as well as an outcast in the immortal council. The story builds up slowly and delicately, as we gradually learn more about the Phuree, a rebel uprising that believes in ancient magic rather than the new technology favoured by the all-powerful Tyst Empire.

I absolutely loved the cover art, with a moment of "Ooo, shiny!" when I first picked the book up. Very appealing to my goth side. It took me a while to get into the story, and I wasn't really sure if I was going to like it at first. It's a bit hit and miss in places, but it's obvious the author has a lot of good ideas, which I'm really hoping will come through later on.

Tynan is quirky and likeable. The relationship he has with his pet cat Dune is a particularly nice touch. I would have liked all the main characters to be drawn with a little more depth, but as this is only the first part of a series I would expect their story arcs to be pursued later on. I found it a little hard to follow the story in places as some of the characters weren't distinguished well enough from others. Although Eternal Vigilance can be tough going at times, I still think it's a pretty good read.

Eternal Vigilance is interesting and poetically written, although the poetic language can get a bit purple in places. I am intrigued to see what will happen in the second instalment--hopefully after such a long build-up there will be a lot more violence and action, and also more explanation of the exciting technology and magic which has appeared only in brief glimpses so far.

Good fun, and slightly camp. A worthy addition to any collection of vampire fiction.

[Reviewed by Jess Nash]