The Blood Is the Life

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A COMING-OF-AGE STORY LIKE NO OTHER:CHAIM CAAN, AN OBSERVANT ORTHODOX JEW, FINDS HE MUST MAKE SENSE OF HIS PLACE IN THE WORLD WHEN HE DISCOVERS HE HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A VAMPIRE.

Chaim Caan was just out for a night of fun, blowing off some steamthe way a young man will. After the better part of a year spent in COVID lockdowns, he was ready to let his hair down at a night club. But the young woman he encounteredthat night left him with something to remember her by: she turned Chaim into a vampire.

Soon, Chaim finds himself thrust into a weirdunderground world of mysticism and enchantment as he navigates life as the newly undead, trying to reconcile his beliefs as an Orthodox Jew with the new reality that has been thrust upon him.

He is forced to deal with a lot of change: to his body, to his mind, to his perceptions, to his relationships, and even to his world. He finds himself in parts of the world he had never dreamed of being in, and he finds himself doing things that he had never envisioned being a part of his life.

And if he can come to terms with these changes, this mild-mannered young man might just find himself a hero.

About1636: The Devil's Opera,by Eric Flint and David Carrico:

Another engaging alternate history from a master of the genre.Booklist

. . . an old-style police-procedural mystery, set in 17th century Germany. . . . the threads . . . spin together . . . to weave an addictively entertaining story. . . . a strong addition to a fun series.The Galveston CountyDaily News

Author Bio

David Carricomade his first professional SF sale toThe Grantville Gazettee-magazine in 2004. His stories have also appeared in the Grantville Gazette and Ring of Fire anthologies from Baen Books and inJim Baen's Universee-magazine. Baen Books published Carrico's e-book story collection 1635: Music and Murder, as well as two novels written in collaboration with Eric Flint:1636: The Devil's OperaandThe Span of Empire, which was nominated for the 2017 Dragon Award for Best Military SF or Fantasy novel.