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Vampires... they ache, they love, they thirst for the forbidden. They are your friends and lovers — and your worst fears. “A major new voice in horror fiction... an electric style and no shortage of nerve.” — Booklist. At a club in Missing Mile, N.C., the children of the night gather, dressed in black, searching for acceptance. Among them are Ghost, who sees what others do not; Ann, longing for love; and Jason, whose real name is Nothing, newly awakened to an ancient, deathless truth about his father — and himself. Others are coming to Missing Mile tonight: three beautiful, hip vagabonds — Molochai, Twig, and the seductive Zillah, whose eyes are as green as limes — are on their own lost journey, slaking their ancient thirst for blood, looking for supple young flesh. They find it in Nothing and Ann, leading them on a mad, illicit road trip south to New Orleans. Over miles of dark highway, Ghost pursues, his powers guiding him on a journey to reach his destiny — to save Ann from her new companions, to save Nothing from himself. “An important and original work... a gritty, highly literate blend of brutality and sentiment, hope and despair.” — Science Fiction Chronicle.