The Blood Is the Life, David Carrico
The Blood Is the Life, David Carrico
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The Blood Is the Life

Author: David Carrico

Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen

Unabridged: 12 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/12/2024


Synopsis

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 steam the 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 fascinating young woman who he encountered that night left him with something to remember her by: she turned Chaim into a vampire.

Soon, Chaim finds himself thrust into a weird underground 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.

About David Carrico

David Carrico made his first professional SF sale to the Grantville Gazette e-magazine in 2004. His stories have also appeared in the Grantville Gazette and Ring of Fire anthologies from Baen Books and in Jim Baen's Universe e-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 Opera and The Span of Empire, which was nominated for the 2017 Dragon Award for Best Military SF or Fantasy novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marsha on March 27, 2024

A logically crafted look at the ethical problems facing an Orthodox Jewish teenage nerd infected with vampirism. Credible characters, & a scientific/medical analysis of the disease. I thoroly enjoyed my eARC from Baen Books.......more

Goodreads review by Allen on September 15, 2022

Fascinating new take. Here in this novel we meet vampires. They are something like the legendary creatures that often appear but have their own unique features making then interesting in new ways. This is a good novel and the ending is open for future adventures which I look forward to with some antic......more

Goodreads review by Per Gunnar on September 13, 2022

This was indeed a bit different vampire novel than the usual type of urban fantasy novels in that genre. For starters, Chaim Caan is an observant orthodox Jew that, for reasons that are not really explained in the book, has been turned into a vampire. Those who knows a bit about the Jewish religion,......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 29, 2023

I have always liked David's writing, going back to his 1632 series origins. He has come through wonderfully with this story. When I saw that he had written a vampire story, I was skeptical. I rarely like vampire stories. So I waited until I had a vacation where reading it on my kindle made sense. Gr......more

Goodreads review by Marina on October 02, 2022

I can only hope that this will become a series. There seems to be some ancient history hints that left me curious as to why things happened they way they did and there is plenty of room for future adventures as Chaim, I mean Ariel, settles into his new place in the world. Thoroughly enjoyed the new......more