Children of the Night: A Vampire Novel - Paperback

by Dan Simmons (Author)

"Simmons writes like a hot-rodding angel." -Stephen King

An evil legacy comes to life in this classic and ultimately human novel about believable vampires, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons. Children of the Night will take you to a place that no one knows--yet all of us fear.

In a desolate orphanage in post-Communist Romania, a desperately ill infant is given the wrong blood transfusion--and flourishes rather than dies. For immunologist Kate Neuman, the infant's immune system may hold the key to cure cancer and AIDS. Kate adopts the baby and takes him home to the States. But baby Joshua holds a link to an ancient clan and their legendary leader--Vlad Tsepes, the original Dracula - whose agents kidnap the child. Against impossible odds and vicious enemies- both human and vampire - Kate and her ally, Father Mike O'Rourke, steal into Romania to get her baby back.

"A mesmerizing tour through the ghostly, gray tatters of Romania." -Publishers Weekly

Author Biography

Dan Simmons (1948 -2026) was a recipient of numerous major international awards, including the Hugo Award, World Fantasy Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Widely considered one of the world's premier multiple-genre fiction writers, his novels included the acclaimed Hyperion Cantos, the Ilium/Olymposas cycle, Song of Kali, as well as several New York Times bestselling standalones like The Terror, Drood, and Black Hills. He lived along the Front Range in Colorado.