Department 19: Zero Hour

Department 19: Zero Hour
Author	Will Hill
Cover Artist	?
Date Published	June 5, 2014
No. of pages	704 (hardcover) 700 (paperback)
Chronology
Preceded by Department 19: Battle Lines	Followed by Department 19: Darkest Night
Release Order
Released after The Second Birth of Frankenstein	Released before Department 19: Darkest Night

Department 19: Zero Hour is the fourth book in the Department 19 series by Will Hill.

Description

Department 19 still stands against the darkness. But for how much longer? Book four in the explosive series from bestselling author, Will Hill.

As Dracula continues his rise, the men and women of Department 19 wait for good news. But hope is in short supply – the country is beginning to fall apart as the public comes to terms with the horror in their midst; a cure for vampirism remains years, even decades away; and their supposed ally Valentin Rusmanov has not been heard from in weeks.

Jamie Carpenter and his friends are working hard to keep the forces of evil at bay, but it is beginning to feel like a lost cause... Until familiar faces from the past bring news that could turn the tide. News that takes Matt Browning to America on a desperate search for a miracle, and sends Jamie and Larissa Kinley into the darkest corners of eastern Europe, where something old and impossibly powerful waits for them.

Something that could stop Dracula for good.

But the clock is ticking.

Night is falling. And Zero Hour is almost here...

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JAMIE CARPENTER AND THE REST OF DEPARTMENT 19 KNOW WHEN THE WORLD WILL END.
IT ENDS WHEN ZERO HOUR COMES.
AND ZERO HOUR...
IS HERE.

As Dracula continues his rise, Department 19 is desperately trying to keep the forces of evil at bay. Then, an unexpected source brings a ray of hope, sending Jamie and Larissa on a dangerous mission to find the one thing that could turn back the darkness for good.

But the clock is ticking. And Dracula is getting stronger with every second...

Plot

WARNING: SPOILERS!

detailed plot summary will follow

Prologue: Mojave Desert, near Caliente, California, USA ‒ Four weeks ago

Present

7 Days Till Zero Hour

6 Days Till Zero Hour

5 Days Till Zero Hour

4 Days Till Zero Hour

3 Days Till Zero Hour

2 Days Till Zero Hour

1 Day Till Zero Hour

Epilogue: Happily Every After ‒ Two Days Later

Chapters

Prologue: Mojave Desert, near Caliente, California, USA ‒ Four weeks ago

Safety Measures Playing Rough Questions and Answers The Needs of the Many Chewed Up and Spat Out Home Sweet Home Positive Male Role Models Eye in the Sky Business As Usual The Myth of Sisyphus ‒ Part I North of the Border The Myth of Sisyphus ‒ Part II The Grey Area Which Do You Want First? By a Thread The Man You Want to Be Retraced Steps If At First... No Regrets The Chosen Few Homeland Security Your Dead Body Broad Horizons The Spirit of Cooperation An Unlikely Source Into the Wild On the Trail Deep Cover ‒ Part I Everything Is a Choice Deep Cover ‒ Part II A Hundred Small Pieces of Bone The Centre Cannot Hold

By Dawn's Early Light Let the Past Rest A Hard Day's Night The Old and the Forgotten Down the Rabbit Hole Cold War Echoes Stay Buried Safeguard The Prodigal Son The Locked Room Lying Down The Wall Journey's End Out of the Bag Be Careful What You Wish For Night Falls Side Effects No Time to Lose Deadline Perimeter Breach The World of Common Day Everything You Have Left Veteran's Association Why We Fight The Calm Before The Storm ‒ Part I The Storm ‒ Part II The Storm ‒ Part III The Storm ‒ Part IV Leave It All On the Field Time Waits for No Man

Epilogue: Happily Ever After ‒ Two Days Later

Opening quotes

“	It would be easy to be clever And tell the stones: Men hate to die And have stopped dying now forever. I think they would believe the lie.	”
—Robert Frost, In a Discussed Graveyard

“	Surely there is some horrible doom hanging over us that every possible accident should thwart us in all we try to do.	”
—John Seward, Bram Stoker's Dracula

Characters

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Department 19 members

• Jamie Carpenter
• Larissa Kinley
• Kate Randall
• Matt Browning
• Paul Turner
• Cal Holmwood
• Jess Nelson
• Tom Gregg
• Natalia Lenski
• Henry Seward
• Qiang Li
• Robert Karlsson
• Angela Darcy
• Patrick Williams
• Dominique Saint-Jacques
• Abraham Van Helsing (mentioned only)
• Arthur Holmwood (mentioned only)
• Jonathan Harker (mentioned only)
• John Seward (mentioned only)
• Shaun Turner (mentioned only)
• Richard Talbot (mentioned only)

NS9 members

• Tim Albertsson
• John Brady
• Chris Jameson
• Owen Meadows
• Megan Irvin
• Denham
• Danny Lawrence
• Kara Porter
• Bob Allen
• Richard Simmons
• Abby Andrews
• Helen Landsman
• Lindsey Hawkins
• Jeff Keller
• Will Murray
• John McDonnell

Other international Operators

• Krista Gottlieb (FTB)
• Greta Engel (FTB)
• Kristian Van Orel (MDA)
• Arkady Petrov (SPC)
• Yuri Petrov (mentioned only)
• Aleksandr Ovetchkin (SPC)
• Yevgeny Demidov (SPC) (mentioned only)
• Zellev (SPC) (mentioned only)

Vampires

• Marie Carpenter
• Dracula
• Valeri Rusmanov
• Valentin Rusmanov
• Larissa Kinley
• Grey
• Lawrence
• Genevieve
• Jackson
• Anderson
• Gregor
• Jamie Carpenter
• Albert Harker (mentioned only)
• Chloe (mentioned only)
• Emily Bell (mentioned only)
• Ilyana Rusmanov (mentioned only)
• Ana Rusmanov (mentioned only)

Others

• Julian Carpenter
• Adam
• Justin Wallace
• Simon
• Chris Hollison
• Lauren Johnson
• Wesley Chambers
• Isabel Banks
• Florin
• Alexei Rusmanov (flashback only)
• Anya (flashback only)

Mentioned only

• Kevin McKenna
• Caroline Turner
• Alfred Bell
• Gregorovich
• Ivana (flashback only)
• Alexei Rusmanov's wife (flashback only)
• Alexei Rusmanov's sister-in-laws (flashback only)
• Pete (alluded to)
• Paul Whates
• Amy Underwood
• Mark Potter
• Scott Marshall

Gallery

Covers

UK hardcover

UK paperback