Children of the night

Dan Simmons

Putnam's Sons, 1992 - Fiction - 382 pages

From the Hugo Award-winning author of Hyperion and Carrion Comfort comes a chilling tale of ancient Transylvanian terrors, modern political nightmares, and vampirism. A brilliant hematologist visiting Romania to lend her expertise in the treatment of rare blood diseases discovers a child who is capable of taking any blood type--but she must save him from his grim destiny.

About the author

Science fiction writer Dan Simmons was born in East Peoria, Illinois in 1948. He graduated from Wabash College in 1970 and received an M. A. from Washington University the following year. Simmons was an elementary school teacher and worked in the education field for a decade, including working to develop a gifted education program. His first successful short story was won a contest and was published in 1982. His first novel, Song of Kali, won a World Fantasy Award, and Simmons has also won a Theodore Sturgeon Award for short fiction, four Bram Stoker Awards, and eight Locus Awards. He is also the author of the Hyperion series, and Simmons and his work have been compared to Herbert's Dune and Asimov's Foundation series.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Children of the night
• Author: Dan Simmons
• Publisher: Putnam's Sons, 1992
• ISBN: 0399137173, 9780399137174
• Length: 382 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Horror; Fiction / Occult & Supernatural; Fiction / Thrillers; Horror fiction; Horror tales; Romania; Romania - Fiction; Vampires; Vampires - Fiction; Vampires/ Fiction