by Rachel Caine
First published 2010
Claire Danvers works on a new defense system for Morganville, Texas, where vampires and humans share an uneasy peace. The college town harbors dark secrets that must stay hidden from the outside world. Claire develops technology that uses vampire abilities to make visitors forget what they've seen once they leave city limits. Her innovation works too well. The system backfires catastrophically, wiping memories throughout Morganville. Vampires forget their own nature. Humans lose track of who they are. Shane, Claire's boyfriend, looks at her without recognition. Eve, her closest friend, treats her like a complete stranger. Claire finds herself isolated in a town full of people she loves who no longer remember her existence. She must find a way to reverse her creation before the memory loss becomes permanent. The fate of Morganville depends on Claire solving a problem of her own making while everyone around her slips further into amnesia.
Genres: science-fiction, mystery, fantasy, contemporary, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, isolation, problem-solving
Setting: Morganville, Texas
Period: 21st-century
335 pages · Hardcover · New American Library