Department 19: Battle Lines

Department 19: Battle Lines--------------------------------------------------Dracula is on the verge of coming into his full power. Department 19is on the back foot. Ladies and gentlemen: welcome to war. The stakes?Mankind's very survival...As the clock ticks remorselessly towardsZero Hour and the return of Dracula, the devastated remnants of Department19 try to hold back the rising darkness. Jamie Carpenter is trainingnew recruits, trying to prepare them for a fight that appears increasinglyfutile. Kate Randall is pouring her grief into trying to plug the Department'sfinal leaks, as Matt Browning races against time to find a cure forvampirism. And on the other side of the world, Larissa Kinley has founda place she feels at home, yet where she makes a startling discovery.Uneasy truces are struck, new dangers emerge on all sides, and relationshipsare pushed to breaking point. And in the midst of it all, Department19 faces a new and potentially deadly threat, born out of one of thedarkest moments of its own long and bloody history. Zero Hour is coming.And the Battle Lines have been drawn.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Before quitting his job in publishing to write Department19, Will Hill worked as a bartender, a bookseller and a door-to-doorcharity worker. He grew up in the north-east of England, is scaredof spiders, and is a big fan of cats. He lives in east London withhis girlfriend, where he splits his time between staring out of thewindow and staring at a computer screen. The latter tends to be moreproductive.