'A groundbreaking work of Afrofuturism before the term was even coined' Guardian'A lush
exciting inspiring read' Sarah WatersIn this radically reimagined vampire myth the night
hides many things... Louisiana 1850. A young girl escapes slavery and is taken in by two
mysterious women. Rumoured to be witches the pair travel only at night dress in men's
clothing and seem to know others' innermost thoughts. But the girl sees the promise of true
freedom in their dark glittering eyes: the promise to 'share the blood' and live forever. They
name her Gilda. Over the next two hundred years Gilda moves through unseen spaces: through
antebellum brothels gold-rush bars Black women's suffrage groups hair salons and jazz clubs
searching for a way to exist in the world. Her body powerful against the passage of time will
know both beauty and horror through the women she desires and the blood she craves. But can
Gilda truly outrun the darkness of history and face a future where the lives of everyone she
loves are at stake?
