![]() This genetic defect, Kate discovers, holds the key to a cure for many common diseases, including AIDS and cancer. The baby, which she names Joshua, suffers from several genetic diseases and is doomed to an early death, until Kate discovers that Joshua can gain temporary relief from the disease symptoms when it receives whole blood transfusions. ![]() The tale focuses on an American hematologist Kate Neuman, a dying baby she adopts during a visit to Romania, and a priest named Mike O’Rourke, who helps her get out of that post-Communist country.īut her adventures do not stop there. Winner of the 1993 Locus Award for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel, Children of the Night reflects Simmons’s experiences in the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres by weaving a compelling horror tale in a thriller format. ![]() Does the world need another vampire novel? I would say, yes, of course, especially if that novel is well written and adds something new or compelling to the literary conversation about vampires, a conversation that authors and readers have been having since 1872 with Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla.” In Children of the Night, Hugo award-winning author Dan Simmons makes a solid contribution to the ongoing vampire mythology by giving us not only a believable scientific explanation for vampirism, but also by adding to the history of Vlad Dracula himself. ![]()
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