{"product_id":"9780692831434","title":"Shared Blood: Book One: Discovery","description":"From nineteenth century Istanbul to modern-day Vancouver, five people emerge from a global tapestry into a shrouded world of vampires, shape-shifters and uber-humans. They come to know their individual destinies as they alter each others' fates--as well as that of humankind itself. \u003cp\u003eCEZAR, an idealistic Romanian rebel who escapes execution in a Turkish prison by embracing the eternal life afforded him by one of the enduring children of the night. GEDREC, a rakish explorer and academic, who partners with Cezar in adventure, love and immortality. ELSPET, a brilliant student who joins heart and mind with the two men--and is compelled to fill an ancient prophesy with one of them. ADAM, a cavalier American physician and former Marine whose hyper-masculine confidence extends to everything but his sexuality. ROI, an introverted sculptor whose ancestry is a mystery--especially to himself--and is revealed only by the fact that his skin inexplicably burns in sunlight, or at any human's touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pivotal figures manifest in the three worlds of Shared Blood: the Vampire Nations of the Primes, promoting predatory mastery with dark, alluring rituals and sorcery; the Sympaths, seeking to join with humankind and and enrich its culture; and the Vanator, descendants of the ancient Neanderthals, brokering the peace between the vampires nations, protecting each other and their human cousins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Roi and Adam discover what it means to become vampires--and to be joined in love--the Vanator's hold on the truce weakens, eroding under recriminations and treachery into universal war. The darkest secrets emerge and threaten to enslave humankind--or give it its next Golden Age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Erasmus McDonald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49795628564720,"sku":"9780692831434","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692831434","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}