Motherless Child

From "an amazing writer," vampire fiction that's "grandly sweeping . . . open to all aspects of human experience. . . . [Hirshberg] at the peak of his form" (Peter Straub, World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner).

It's the thrill of a lifetime when Sophie and Natalie, single mothers living in a trailer park in North Carolina, meet their idol, the mysterious musician known only as "the Whistler." Morning finds them covered with dried blood, their clothing shredded and their memories ...