All the Shadows of the Rainbow
The Story
In the spring of 1955, new-minted vampire Diana Chilton returns to civilization after the Fae boot her out of her self-pity, and starts to reconnect with members of the magical fraternity, The Order of the Silver Light, in which she was raised. She is surprised when a fellow initiate and old friend, Jack, recognizes her for what she’s become and is fascinated instead of repelled. Jack proposes that he and Diana start a secret magical group and apply their enhanced powers to manifesting political and social change. Diana agrees, warning Jack that she also will be seeking the few other vampires that she knows to exist, and her priorities will change when she finds them.
At first enthusiastic about their magical group’s covert success, Diana becomes increasingly concerned as Jack’s social passion turns more and more fanatical. When their efforts seem to influence the outcome of the 1960 Presidential election, only Diana begins to question the wisdom of their goals. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 shatters the magical group Diana and Jack founded. The younger members mutiny, and after a bitter fight, Jack disappears.
Left on her own, Diana concentrates on finding other vampires and succeeds in meeting some of them, including Ned, a vampire Jack had encountered years earlier, who in 1967 is staying on a commune disguised as a hippie. She joins him in the counter-culture movement, and they share information in an effort to solve the mysteries of their vampiric existence, their origins and their differences. As Diana works to unravel these puzzles, news trickles back to her suggesting that Jack has not been idle in the years since his departure, and his tactics have changed from purely magical influence to incorporate far more destructive and concrete methods.
By 1972, Diana has pieced together clues and realized what no one else can: Jack is planning an action that will have catastrophic consequences. When Ned asks Diana to accompany him as he investigates reports in Asia that may hold important clues to their vampiric state, Diana refuses, knowing that if she doesn’t find and stop Jack, history will be changed forever. In order to prevent that, Diana must test not only her lingering love for Jack, but the limits of her own immortality.