Blood Nexus

The story starts on Titan, a moon of Saturn, where first contact is made with a technically advanced group of aliens. 200 years later, most Earthlings are living for over 150 years, training and working with the aliens, and traveling to planets in distant solar systems. Our characters travel to five planets: a secret planet with no electronic activity where certain innate powers are intensified, a desert planet where inhabitants are sacrificed for their blood in exchange for water, a planet where genetically engineered giants are hunted by enormous insects for the giant’s blood, a planet that is controlled by enemy aliens and the aliens’ home planet.

The aliens share most of their vast of knowledge. But what they do not share is how they instantaneously jump from one solar system to distant solar systems and, when they arrive, how they are able to immediately set up communication among distant systems.

In order to avail oneself of the many alien benefits, one must submit to a monthly blood analysis. The aliens eagerly share their knowledge but what do the aliens want? The answer is in the nexus of blood.