The Blood Is the Life

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 young woman 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.

Praise for The Blood is the Life:

"When you have The Equalizer in vampire form, what's not to like? Strap in and enjoy the ride." --M.A. Rothman, USA Today best-selling author

"A rollar-coaster of a story . . . clearly a labor of love and of great effort, one immersed in a particular culture and a particular struggle, I enjoyed it very much." --Warped Factor

About 1636: 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 County Daily News

Author: David Carrico
Publisher: Baen
Published: 08/29/2023
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 6.69h x 4.17w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9781982192914

About the Author
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.