The Rising
Blockbusting sequel to DEPARTMENT 19, the biggest boy teen launch of 2011 – with over 25,000 copies sold in hardback and a devoted legion of Facebook fans.Amazing author Will Hill will be out on the road again in April to promote THE RISING, as well as maintaining a constant presence on Twitter.91 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR.THAT'S 91 DAYS TO RUN.91 DAYS TO HIDE.OR 91 DAYS TO PRAY FOR DEPARTMENT 19 TO SAVE YOU…After the terrifying attack on Lindisfarne at the end of the first book, Jamie, Larissa and Kate are recovering at Department 19 headquarters, waiting for news of Dracula’s stolen ashes.They won’t be waiting for long.Vampire forces are gathering. Old enemies are getting too close. And Dracula… is rising.
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DEDICATION
For Charlie and Nick, the best partners in crime I could have asked for
EPIGRAPH
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and Iâ
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
How much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.
Victor Frankenstein
Contents
TITLE PAGE
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
MEMORANDUM
12 WEEKS AFTER LINDISFARNE
91 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR
1
ON PATROL
2
TRIANGLES HAVE SHARP EDGES
3
THE ART OF COMING CLEAN
4
GROWING PAINS
5
REBIRTH
6
CARPENTER AND SON
7
VALENTIN RECEIVES A VISITOR
90 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR
8
THE BIG LEAGUES
9
NO STONE UNTURNED
10
SLEEPLESS NIGHT
11
THE BARE BONES
12
INSIDE THE VOID
13
HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE
14
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT
15
ALL FALL DOWN
16
ALWAYS AND FOREVER
89 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR
17
FAMILY TIES
18
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
19
AT THE CROSSROADS AT MIDNIGHT
20
MASTER AND COMMANDER
21
HEROESâ RETURN
22
TINFOIL HATS
88 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR
23
THE INTERROGATION OF VALENTIN RUSMANOV
24
THE FOURTH MUSKETEER
25
THE ILLUMINATED CITY, PART I
26
FULL DISCLOSURE
27
THE ILLUMINATED CITY, PART II
28
THINK BUT THIS AND ALL IS MENDED
87 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR
29
IN CONVERSATION WITH A MONSTER
30
THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR REVENGE
31
ECHOES OF THE PAST
32
THE DEPTHS OF KNOWLEDGE
33
IN THE COURT OF THE VAMPIRE KING
34
HOW TO STEAL FIRE FROM THE GODS
35
HOPE IS A DANGEROUS THING
36
VISION QUEST, PART I
37
FROM PILLAR TO POST
38
VISION QUEST, PART II
39
BACK FROM THE DEAD
40
VISION QUEST, PART III
41
AND A TORCH TO LIGHT THE WAY
42
VISION QUEST, PART IV
43
THE TIES THAT BIND
44
BEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN
45
CURTAIN CALL
46
THE TWIST OF THE KNIFE
47
NOWHERE TO RUN, NOWHERE TO HIDE
48
SOME WOUNDS NEVER HEAL
49
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
50
REDUCED TO ASH
86 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR
51
A COUNCIL OF WAR
52
ONLY FORWARD
FIRST EPILOGUE: IN THE FLESH
SECOND EPILOGUE: THREE FATHERS
85 DAYS TILL ZERO HOUR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
MEMORANDUM
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1
ON PATROL
THE PILGRIM HOSPITAL BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE
Sergeant Ted Pearson of the Lincolnshire Police stamped his cold feet on the pavement, and checked his watch again. His partner, Constable Dave Fleming, watched him, a nervous look on his face.
Half ten, thought the Sergeant, with a grimace. I should be at home with my feet up. Sharonâs making lasagne tonight, and itâs never as good warmed through.
The 999 call had been made from the hospitalâs reception desk at 9.50pm. Sergeant Pearson and his partner had been finishing up the paperwork on an illegal immigration case they were working on one of the farms near Louth, both men looking forward to getting the forms filed and heading home, when they had been told the call was theirs. Grumbling, they had climbed into their car and driven the short distance from the police station to the hospital, blue lights spinning above them, their siren blaring through the freezing January night.
They had reached the hospital in a little over three minutes, and were questioning the nurse who had made the call, a young Nigerian woman with wide, frightened eyes, when Sergeant Pearsonâs radio buzzed into life. The message it conveyed was short and to the point.
âSecure access to potential crime scene. Do not investigate, or talk to potential witnesses. Stand guard until relieved.â
Pearson had sworn loudly down his receiver, but the voice on the other end, a voice he didnât recognise but which was definitely not the usual dispatcher, was already gone. So he had done as he was told: instructed Constable Fleming to cease his questioning of the nurse, and informed all staff that access to the hospitalâs blood bank was forbidden without direct permission from him. Then he and his partner had taken up positions outside the side entrance to the hospital, shivering in the cold, waiting to be relieved. By who, or what, they didnât know.
âWhatâs going on, Sarge?â asked Constable Fleming, after fifteen minutes had passed. âWhy are we standing out here like security guards?â
