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    Cover of Children of the night

    Children of the night

    Dan Simmons · 1992

    In Romania to help treat rare blood ailments, hematologist Kate Neuman adopts a child whose body is capable of accepting any type of blood, and soon she is tracked by superhuman members of a Romanian underground.

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    2recommend
    3mentions
    2people
    2014–2026years
    100% recommend

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    What Hacker News says

    1. eatonphilFeb 2026
      I really liked Children of the Night.
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    2. eatonphilFeb 2026
      I really liked Children of the Night.
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    3. serenAug 2014
      I second it, if you enjoyed it, I warmly recommend Illium/Olympos from the same author which is a bit in the same vein. And generally I really like Dan Simmons. What I found fascinating is that he does not write always the same book (as a lot of author), and he can write in different genre and stay very credible. Carrion Comfort, Children of the Night, The Terror in the horror genre are really great. (Try to read the last one in the heart of a very cold winter)
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