Fledgling

Tags

african american author,vampires,women novelists

Summary

A girl wakes up in a cave brutally wounded and amnesiac. A creature comes up to her and she attacks and eats it. She is unable to see at this point but she can feel that she has to indentations in her skull that should have killed her. After she eats she is able to see again and she heals up and later she goes out into the pouring rain to explore where she is. She discovers a burned out community and finds some clothes considering she's naked.

Description

Fledgling , Octavia Butler's first new novel in seven years, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted-and still wants-to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.