Obligations of Blood

by Sandra Stixrude

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Part of the Anchorage series:

Ancient voices reveal a terrible secret: human scientists created the kresnas, devourers of life and sanity. Not only created, but also used in terrible, torturous experiments, turning them against their creators.

Romenel's dilemmas pile up until he's lost in them. How can he destroy all the hordes of kresnas at once and is it morally defensible to do so? What other solution is there if humans are to survive? What should he do about the beautiful warrior, Kyliki, since he has no place in her world and she has none in his?

And, hang it all, if he can resolve these things, what in blazes is he going to do about the mess of a succession war raging back home?

Published: August 16, 2014
Publisher: Mischief Corner Books
Cover Artists:

Catherine Dair

Genres:

Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Colonization

Tags:

format - novel >100K, potential trigger - violence, what - topic - genetic engineering, what - topic - multicultural, what - topic - science experiment, who - occupation - assassin, who - occupation - military, who - occupation - soldier, who - occupation - warrior, who - type - alien

Tropes: Born Hero, Cross-Species Friendships, Evolving Powers, Psionic Powers
Word Count: 102000
Setting: the planet Anchorage
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Born Hero, Cross-Species Friendships, Evolving Powers, Psionic Powers
Word Count: 102000
Setting: the planet Anchorage
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

About the Author

Perhaps 5'3" on a good day, with her shoes on, Sandra has always found the world an amazing (and often large) place. While she has lived all her life in northern Delaware, she travels a good deal and is hard pressed to find a place she truly did not care for.

She has one son, one husband, and two cats, graduated from the local university, worked at various and sundry jobs, she now writes science fiction for young people full time.

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Summary: Puberty is hard. Highschool's harder. Growing up in a house full of vampires? Priceless. Jake Reinbach is the son of vampires. He is also a high-school senior, hoping to live as normal a life as possible within the human world, but his bright purple eyes and vampire parents make him an outcast. When falsely accused of threatening a classmate, Jake is forced to withdraw from school, and back into the clan in which he was raised. He is devastated, but a young human comes to his door one evening with a startling confession. Will Hayden is secretly attracted to Jake, and is bereft when the young vampire leaves public school. Fascinated with immortals, Will unfortunately lives in a household where hatred of vampires is part of the daily diet. He realizes his father is entangled in a conspiracy against the vampires, and he goes to Jake’s family and tells them of his suspicions. When he then confesses his feelings toward Jake, he sets in motion a series of events that will change his life—and Jake’s—forever.