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Much more a page-turning thriller than Summer was (although that by no means denotes 'better,' just different) this book catapults readers into the world of Romanian refugee children, who as we find, are 'farmed' at the local orphanages, which are bursting at the seams, as the private blood-bank for local vampires...now THERE'S a drive up teller you might want to avoid....

But Kate Neuman, a skilled hematologist and Father Mike O' Rourke (the adult incarnation of a Summer of Night character) change the face of Romania drastically when Kate adopts one of the children, 'Joshua,' whom Count Vlad Dracula has determined as successor to the blood soaked legacy he leaves behind, weary of it all, having been alive for centuries.

Kate and Mike are pursued to the States, where Kate brings her recently adopted son home to try and study his remarkable immune system, which requires blood transfusions every two weeks...and perhaps find a cure for cancer and aids in the process of saving his life. When Joshua is taken back to Romania by the Count's minions, Kate and Mike race frantically back to save him from the dark destiny the Count has prescribed for the boy.

A wonderful, tighty woven, thunderbolt of a story, Dan Simmons proved himself a major powerhouse of a new writer with this story. Highly recommended to anyone who is a fan of the Vampire genre....

Vladdy good show, old boy!
Unlike many reviewers, I've not read everything Simmons has written. "Song of Kali' was, for me, a bust. It was too turgid. the rest of the world loved it - so what does that tell you about me?

"Summer of Night" I started reading. Honest. It got so that I dreaded turning the next page. That is one scary book!

This is a romp. It's great fun. It lets you know a lot more about the legend of Vlad than you've ever known before, and I - for one - was impaled by the story.

Read it. You'll enjoy it. And if it does end up like an adventure novel / flick, so what? It's fun!

A thrilling time with or without your medical dictionary!
Dan Simmons writes a modern twist on the old vampire story here. A hematologist working for the CDCs and a young orphan at the center of her focus take this story across two continents. A brilliant immersion into contemporary (to the tale) politics. Some of the medical terminology might be a little heady, but no more so than the average science fiction read concerning fictitious/not-yet-developed science.

The end of this tale is not particularly surprising, but then again this tale is centuries old so no complaints. Simmons is dealing with Vlad Ţepeş as subject matter, and spins an exciting yarn as grandiose as the characters at hand. Readers annoyed with the ending of this book were probably also annoyed that their 11th grade English teacher and his 'silly' reading requirements spoiled "Oh Brother Where Art Thou".

When I read this book for the first time, I didn't put it down until well after my bedtime each night. If you are looking for the classic vampire tale couched in / affected by 20th Century medicine and politics â€" this book is a serious page-turner!