Kill the Sun

Kill the Sun is a science fiction novel by Tanith Lee, published in 1980. It is the first book in the Blood Opera Sequence, which follows the lives of a family of vampires who rule over a decadent and corrupt society. The novel is set in a futuristic world where the sun is dying and the earth is plagued by wars, pollution, and disease. The novel focuses on the conflict between the vampire family, known as the Scarabae, and a rebel group called the Sun League, who want to restore the sun and end the vampires’ reign.

Kill the Sun Summary

Earth, thousands of years after the apocalypse.

Countless technologies and advances had been lost to time as the Specters, horrifying beings with terrifying powers, arrived and destroyed the world.

Over the coming thousands of years, humanity had built itself up but always died again.

Nobody remembers the past.

Nobody remembers what humanity had once accomplished.

Now, everyone is living in a world where the Specters reign supreme.

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A boy with amnesia woke up in the middle of the Dregs, the worst part of Crimson Fungus City.

The boy grows up and manages to become strong enough to pass an exam for one of the most prestigious jobs in existence, a Zephyx Extractor, someone that can harvest the powers of Specters.

Sadly, he had already gained a power from a Specter in the past, which made him ineligible for the position.

But then, a mysterious man visits him.

And his luck finally turns around.

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