River of night, hardcover/john ringo

Description A NEW NOVEL IN JOHN RINGOS BESTSELLING BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES.

Sequel to The Valley of Shadows.

Tom Smith used to be somebody.

Now hes just another refugee, fleeing the smoking ruins of civilization.

Well, maybe not just another refugee .

Late of the Bank of the Americas where he used to be the global managing director for Security, Tom and his fellow survivors watched New York City burn.

His plan to the save New York long enough to find a cure for the zombie virus hadnt survived the bloody scrimmage between angry cops, cunning gangsters, and rapacious City officials.

Now only millions of infected humans, driven mad by the high infectious tailored rabies virus, inhabited the city.

But Tom and some trusted allies were able to stay one step ahead and escaped offshore.

Now theyre holed up in a safe house in coastal Virginia and its time to breakout.

Between him and his objective, one of the banks prepared evacuation camps in the Cumberland Valley, are hundreds of miles of clogged roads, burnt-out towns and howling mobs of infected humans who know only hunger.

He must corral his motley team, complete with middle-schoolers, to navigate the treacherous landscape.

And yet he feels his odds are good.

But theres always someone smarter.

And they like things just the way they are.

Without a fat checkbook and the team of hired spec-ops mercenaries it used to bring, how will Tom Smith fend off entrepreneurial marauders, a brilliant sociopath or two and a kill-count hungry member of the E-4 mafia? And if he pulls it off, no one is sure how they will they re-start civilization.

But Tom Smith has the spark of an idea.

About Black Tide Rising: .

an entertaining batch of .

action-packed tales.

Certainly, fans of Ringos particular brand of action-adventure will be pleased.

-- Booklist This anthology broadens Ringos Black Tide world, serving up doses of humanity amid the ravenous afflicted.

Comedy has a place in this harsh reality, and these stories stir adventure and emotion at a frantic clip throughout.

Zombie fiction fans will be thrilled.

-- Library Journal About the Black Tide Rising Series: Not only has Ringo found a mostly unexplored corner of the zombie landscape, hes using the zombie frame to tackle a broader theme: the collapse and rebirth of civilization.

The zombie scenes are exciting, sure, but its the human story that keeps us involved.

A fine series.

--Booklist About Under a Graveyard Sky Ringo combines humor and horror in this strong series debut, the thinking readers zombie novel.

-- Publishers Weekly About John Ringo: Ringos work is] peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse.

-- Library Journal .

Explosive.

will appreciate Ringos lively narrative and flavorful characters.

-- Publishers Weekly .

practically impossible not to read in one sitting .

exceedingly impressive .

executed with skill, verve, and wit.

-- Booklist Crackerjack storytelling.

-- Starlog BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES: Under a Graveyard Sky To Sail a Darkling Sea Islands of Rage and Hope Strands of Sorrow Black Tide Rising The Valley of Shadows About the Author John Ringo brings fighting to life.

He is the creator of the Posleen Wars series, which has become a New York Times best-selling series with over one million copies in print.

The series contains A Hymn Before Battle, Gust Front , When the Devil Dances , Hells Faire, and Eye of the Storm .

In addition, Ringo has penned the Council War series.

Adding another dimension to his skills, Ringo created nationally best-selling techno-thriller novels about Mike Harmon ( Ghost , Kildar , Choosers of the Slain , Unto the Breach , A Deeper Blue, and, with Ryan Sear, Tiger by the Tail ).

His techno-thriller The Last Centurion was also a national bestseller.

A more playful twist on the future is found in novels of the Looking-Glass series: Into the Looking Glass , Vorpal Blade , Manxome Foe, and Claws That Catch , the last three in collaboration with Travis S.

Taylor.

His audience was further enhanced with four collaborations with fellow New York Times best-selling author David Weber: March Upcountry , March to the Sea , March to the Stars and We Few .

There are an additional seven collaborations from the Posleen series: The Hero , written with Michael Z.

Williamson, Watch on the Rhine , Yellow Eyes and The Tuloriad , all written with Tom Kratman, and the New York Times best seller.