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THOSE OF MY BLOOD
Jacqueline Lichtenberg, author of the cult classic Sime-Gen series (“science fiction in
the grand manner”-The New York Times Book Review), has become known for her
complex worldbuilding and fiery characters. Those of My Blood is her most ambitious
work to date, a big, bold novel of alien contact, obsessive love, and lunar adventure.
They have been living among us in secret: the luren, a race of extraterrestrial
vampires. Some luren, such as the brilliant scientist Titus Shiddehara, call themselves
“Residents” and consider Earth their home; others, known as “Tourists,” regard humans
solely as food. A simmering conflict between the two groups has left the luren divided for
generations.
When an alien starship crashes on the moon, Titus and his allies must stop the Tourists
from using their technology to contact the luren homeworld-a move that would lead to
the subjugation of all humanity. But when Titus’s enemy on the moon is revealed as his
“father”-the man who awakened him to the existence of a vampire-he knows he faces a
battle he cannot win without taking humans as pawns. and breaking an oath he swore
long ago.
The wild card in the deck is a survivor of the crash, whose very existence is a guarded
secret. Neither Tourist nor Resident-but very definitely luren-the alien may hold the
secret of salvation for both humanity and luren. if the ties of blood can be reconciled with
the ties of honor.
Rich in the power of the vampire legend, Those of My Blood is a sf adventure of epic
scope.
Jacqueline Lichtenberg’s recent books include Mahogany Trinrose and the Dushau
trilogy (Dushau, Farfetch, Outreach). She lives in Spring Valley, New York, and is
currently at work on Dreamspy, a companion volume to Those of My Blood.
Jacket painting by Paul Alexander
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THOSE OF MY BLOOD
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
ST. MARTIN’S PRESS New York




To Chelsea Quinn Yarbro for the “good vampire” Saint Germain, who fears his
hunger because he might kill, and reaches out in love for the strength he needs.
 To George R. R. Martin for Fevre Dream, and Joshua York’s struggle to use science
to live with his vampirism without killing humans.
To Andre Norton who bought my story, “Through the Moon Gate,” for her Witch
World anthology, and thus let me add a vampire to the Witch World-only on condition
that he wasn’t “evil.”