Blood Colony

Acclaimed for her novels ranging from supernatural thrillers to historical fiction, award-winning author Tananarive Due imagines the story of an ancient group of immortals--a hidden African clan that has survived for more than a thousand years--facing one of the most challenging issues of our time: the AIDS/HIV pandemic.

In this sequel to her Essence bestsellers, The Living Blood and My Soul to Keep, fan-favorite Tananarive Due introduces readers to a new drug: Glow. Said to heal almost any illness, Glow gets its power from the blood of immortals, and it's up to the Blood Colony, a small but powerful group of immortals, to keep the supplies coming so that AIDS and other diseases will be wiped out.

Meet Fana Wolde, seventeen years old, the only immortal born with the Living Blood. She can read minds and her injuries heal immediately. When her best friend, a mortal, is imprisoned by Fana's family, Fana helps her escape and together they run away from Fana's protected home in Washington State to join the Underground Railroad of Glow peddlers. But Fana has more than her parents to worry about: Glow peddlers are being murdered by a violent, hundred-year-old sect with ties to the Vatican. Now, when Fana is most vulnerable, she is being hunted to fulfill an ancient blood prophecy that could lead to countless deaths. While her people search for Fana and race to unravel the unknown sect's mysterious origins, Fana must learn to confront the deadly forces--or she and everyone she loves will die.

Author: Tananarive Due
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 07/07/2009
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780743287364


Award: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Ebony 10/01/2009 pg. 42

About the Author

Tananarive Due is the Essence bestselling author of several acclaimed novels, including Joplin's Ghost and The Good House. She lives in Glendora, California.