Fledgling: A Novel.

BUTLER, Octavia E.

Item Number: 123986

New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005.

First edition of Butler’s final novel by the “grand dame of science fiction.” Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Nicole T. Williams Best Wishes Octavia E. Butler.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pollen, New York. Uncommon signed as Butler passed away shortly after publication.

Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted—and still wants—to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.