Back blurb:

Shori is a mystery. Found alone in the woods, she appears to be a little black girl with traumatic amnesia and near fatal wounds. But Shori is a fifty-three-year-old vampire with a ravenous hunger for blood, the lost child of an ancient species of near-immortals who live in dark symbiosis with humanity. Genetically modified to be able to walk in daylight, Shori now becomes the target of a vast plot to destroy her and her kind. And in the final apocalyptic battle, her survival will depend on whether all humans are bigots—or all bigots are human…

Butler takes the tropes of vampiricism and makes something entirely novel. This is not a comfortable book to read, with a protagonist who looks like they're ten, but who undertakes many adult actions. The action is fast paced, and the analogies for racism and bigotry are so intelligent. This is the last book Butler wrote before she died - such a shame that there were no more in this series.

Taking to the June Perth BC Meetup