Fugue:
[ fyoog ]
noun
Psychiatry.
A period during which a person suffers from loss of memory and often begins a new life.
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You think your memory stinks?
Meet
Harry VanAlt
. An apex predator with fading memories of mortal life. Along with his memories, his exalted vampiric powers have faded to vampire-lite.
Great taste, less exciting.
Along comes
Dr. Lizbet Mitchell
, a police profiler who has not yet opened the right door on her future. Thirty-four and questioning, when Harry rescues her from a rogue vampire, she invites him into her button downed life.
Her fascination meets his reticence as flashes and images from some other life intrude on his own. A 16
th
-century ceremony reveals Harry's memories and unlocks his powers.
When Lizbet challenges Harry and they take steps toward a new and powerful immortality, there are two flesh and blood details to reconcile.
Harry closes the door on 1951 and settles a score.