Vampires In Space - Susan Sizemore

I am a science fiction fan. I'm a space opera fan. There's a subgenre of science fiction called Military SF, of which I am a major fan. I also adore reading futuristic romance. Gena Showalter, Linea Sinclair, Susan Grant, Susan Kearney and other authors of futuristic romance are my heroes. And I love writing futuristic romance. My first effort was a futuristic/time travel/comedy/contemporary called WALKING ON THE MOON, available from http://www.cerridwenpress.com/. Then I tried a more serious space opera called GATES OF HELL that I wrote for a friend when she started a very small independent publishing company. There are maybe two or three thousand copies of this book in circulation. I'd love to write more books set in the GoH universe but haven't had the time to get to them. I really wasn't planning on writing any more futuristics...

Then DARK STRANGER came along. Actually, the idea forced itself into my head and refused to leave until I'd written Doc and Zoe's story. Not only is DARK STRANGER a futuristic romance. it's also a military SF story, and most importantly it is set in my Vampire Primes universe. That's right, "Vampires in Space...!" Although the story actually takes place on an alien planet. Actually, in an alien planet... You see, it's a war story set in an underground POW camp in a future where earth is the center of the Byzant Empire and humans are fighting against the aggressive cat-like Hajim. Our hero is a Prime Vampire, our heroine is the heiress to the Byzant throne. DARK STRANGER is the first book in what I'm calling THE VAMPIRE BOOK CLUB (read what Prime Vampires read).

"Do you think a princess and a guy like me..." as Han Solo once said is a prominent theme in DARK STRANGER. Of course, in this case, the guy's a vampire. He's also a marine general, and a doctor. I tell you, Doc's a prize, ladies! He actually looks like the hunk on the glorious cover that my publisher, Pocket Star, gave the book, tattoo included. The heroine, Zoe is a diplomat, hiding incognito in the POW camp as a navy officer after the ship she was on was captured by the Hajim.

DARK STRANGER is about finding love while surviving a desperate situation. It's about two people who shouldn't be together finding passion and fighting for the love that sustains them through stress, terror, political pressure and physical danger. It's a damn good adventure!

I adored writing this book. I love these characters. I hope you love DARK STRANGER as much as I do. http://www.susansizemore.com/