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The Living Blood

Tananarive Due author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Published:1st Jan '02

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From the author of the national bestseller My Soul to Keep comes a riveting new novel of supernatural suspense -- a gripping tale that brilliantly showcases a writer at the pinnacle of her astounding storytelling abilities.
Jessica Jacobs-Wolde has somehow survived the worst that any mother or wife could ever endure: the deaths of her husband and first daughter. But now, four years later, not only is the nightmare continuing -- it may have only just begun. Jessica has discovered the terrifying truth behind the legacy that her husband left to their second daughter, Fana...a legacy preordained a thousand years before her time and drenched in the powerful lifeblood that now courses through her veins. As young Fana begins to display unearthly abilities that are quickly spiraling out of control, she becomes the target of those who will stop at nothing to exploit her power -- and the unwitting touchstone in an ancient supernatural battle whose outcome may decide the fate of all humanity.

Publishers Weekly (starred review) Stunning...an event of sustained power and energy....This novel...should set a standard for supernatural thrillers of the new millennium.
Peter Straub One of the best and most significant novelists of her generation.
Peter Straub New York Times bestselling author of Mr. X and Ghost Story Smart, soulful, crafty Tananarive Due deserves the attention of everyone interested in contemporary American fiction. In The Living Blood, this young writer opens up realms of experience that add to our storehouse of shared reality, and by doing so widens our common vision.
Tina McElroy Ansa Tananarive Due continues to thrill, intrigue, and frighten us with her special brand of fiction. No one else can capture the particular hum and beat of her vision, which extends from South Florida to South Africa. Tananarive Due is creating classics.

ISBN: 9780671040840

Dimensions: 210mm x 135mm x 33mm

Weight: 547g

528 pages