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![]() ![]() ![]() In 2015, Silvia's debut, Signal to Noise, was named on seven year's best lists: B & N's Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, RT, BookRiot, Buzzfeed, i09, Vice, and Tor.com. Atl has to get out before Mexico City is upended, and her with it. When they start to raise the body count in the city, it attracts the attention of police officers, local crime bosses, and the vampire community. Paul Tremblay, Bram Stoker award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts. The wonderfully complex Atl and her 21st Century Renfield, Domingo, are revelations. And now, with the trend for vampires and horror coming back around, it’s only appropriate that this hidden gem gets to come back from the dead, now that Moreno. Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s gritty novel is steeped in the history of Mexico City and vampire lore and yet manages to deftly re-invent the bloodsucker. But Atl's problems, Nick and Rodrigo, have come to find her. Certain Dark Things is a revamped (haha) novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, published back in 2016, but suffered from setbacks in the market back then, leading it to go out of print. He clings to her like a barnacle until Atl relents and decides to let him stick around. ![]() Then he meets Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers. Here in the city, heavily policed to keep the creatures of the night at bay, Domingo is another trash-picking street kid, just hoping to make enough to survive. Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. ![]() Summary: "Certain Dark Things combines elements of Latin American mythology with a literary voice that leads readers on an exhilarating and fast-paced journey. ![]()
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