From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes Certain Dark Things , a pulse-pounding neo-noir reimagining vampire lore.
Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood-drinkers, is smart and beautiful - and very dangerous. Domingo is mesmerised.
Atl needs to escape the city quickly, to get far away from the rival narco-vampire clan relentlessly pursuing her. Her plan doesn't include Domingo, but little by little, she finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his undeniable charm. As the trail of corpses stretches behind her, local cops and crime bosses both start closing in.
Vampires, humans, cops, and criminals collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. Atl and Domingo stand little chance at all of making it out alive before the city devours them all - but they are determined to try . . .
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, the new book from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, is available to pre-order now.
About the Author
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the multi-award-winning author of
Mexican Gothic (a
New York Times bestseller),
Gods of Jade and Shadow (one of
Time magazine's top 100 fantasy novels of all time), among others,
The Beautiful Ones, Certain Dark Things, the noir thrillers
Untamed Shore and
Velvet was the Night, and the forthcoming
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning
She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a.
Cthulhu's Daughters).
Born and brought up in Mexico, she now lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Industry Reviews
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 . . .
Certain Dark Things packs a wallop - Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts
With its
vibrant prose and
stellar world-building,
Certain Dark Things is one of the
best books I've read in years - V.E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author
Certain Dark Things is arguably
the vampire novel for the 21st century - New York Journal of Books
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
pulls zero punches,
bares all the fangs, and
goes for every throat in the room with
Certain Dark Things - Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians
A
delicious,
elegant,
gritty vampire noir. Moreno-Garcia has created
a world that pulses with life and terror and honesty - Daniel Jose Older, New York Times bestselling author
A
fresh,
stunning interpretation of vampire lore . . . Silvia Moreno-Garcia's writing is
unforgettable - Christina Henry, author of Alice and The Ghost Tree
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
carves out the heart of Mexico City, and
then eats it, in this r
iveting noir-punk reinvention of vampire lore.
Certain Dark Things is
exquisitely vicious and
brutally beautiful - Ann Aguirre, New York Times bestselling author
Certain Dark Things is
dark, inimitable, and so
very, very cool.
Unmissable - Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Osama
