A People's History of the Vampire Uprising

What would happen if vampirism became a desired condition, with such enthusiastic converts as Taylor Swift and the Pope? In his epic horror debut, Villareal imagines such a future. When the Nogales organic blood illness (NOBI for short) begins to sweep first through a modern-day United States and then the world, scientists quickly realize that "Gloamings," as some vampires start to call themselves, are temptation personified, have astounding physical capabilities, and can live up to 300 years. They also have a taste for blood and an aversion to sunlight. Soon tensions rise, and clear lines are drawn between those who support the Gloamings and those who fear or despise them. The tale is told from multiple perspectives—a detained Jesuit priest, an FBI agent—but framed by the accounts of young CDC virologist Dr. Lauren Scott. Readers will quickly become engrossed in this detailed, ambitious oral history.