''Blood Colony'' is a novel by writer

Tananarive Due Tananarive Priscilla Due ( ) (born January 5, 1966) is an American author and educator. Due won the American Book Award for her novel '' The Living Blood''. She is also known as a film historian with expertise in Black horror. Due teaches a cours ...

. It is the third book in Due's ''African Immortals Series''. It is preceded by ''

My Soul to Keep ''My Soul to Keep'' is a 1997 novel by American writer Tananarive Due. It is the first book in Due's African Immortals Series and was followed by '' The Living Blood'' (2001). The third book in the series, '' Blood Colony'', was published in 20 ...

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The Living Blood ''The Living Blood'' is a novel by writer Tananarive Due. It is the second book in Due's ''African Immortals Series''. It is preceded by '' My Soul to Keep'', which was published in 1997, and is followed by '' Blood Colony'', which was published i ...

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Plot

Tananarive Due presents a riveting tale set in a world where an ancient group of immortals, a hidden African clan of immortals who possess blood with the power to heal almost any ailment, including AIDS/HIV. The story centers on Fana Wolde, a unique young immortal born with extraordinary abilities. When her mortal best friend is imprisoned, Fana escapes her protected home and joins the Underground Railroad, a network distributing the life-saving blood. However, she becomes the target of a violent, age-old sect tied to the Vatican. Fana must confront these deadly forces as her people search for her and race to uncover the sect's origins, with the lives of everyone she loves at stake.

References

2008 American novels American horror novels Novels by Tananarive Due {{2000s-horror-novel-stub