by Dan Simmons ยท 1992
ISBN: 0399137173 9780399137174
Category: Horror fiction
Page count: 382
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.