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Certain Dark Things A Novel

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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323 pages2016MacmillanISBN 9781250099082

About this book

<p><b> From a critically-acclaimed novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia comes <i>Certain Dark Things</i>, a pulse-pounding and action-packed contemporary fantasy that turns vampire fiction on its head. </b><br><b></b><br><b>Welcome to Mexico City...</b> <b>An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires...</b></p><p>Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eking out a living when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. </p><p>Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, must feast on the young to survive and Domingo looks especially tasty. Smart, beautiful, and dangerous, Atl needs to escape to South America, far from the rival narco-vampire clan pursuing her. Domingo is smitten.</p><p>Her plan doesn’t include developing any real attachment to Domingo. Hell, the only living creature she loves is her trusty Doberman. Little by little, Atl finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his effervescent charm. </p><p>And then there’s Ana, a cop who suddenly finds herself following a trail of corpses and winds up smack in the middle of vampire gang rivalries. </p><p>Vampires, humans, cops, and gangsters collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. Do Atl and Domingo even stand a chance of making it out alive?</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
Macmillan
Published
2016
Pages
323
ISBN
9781250099082
Language
en

About Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Mexican Canadian novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher. She serves as publisher of [Innsmouth Free Press](https://innsmouthfreepress.com/), an imprint devoted to weird fiction. She has co-edited numerous anthologies, and *The Jewish Mexican Literary Review.* In 2016, she won a World Fantasy Award for the anthology *She Walks in Shadows* and a Copper Cylinder Award for her novel *Signal to Noise.* In February 2020 she was announced as a finalist for the Nebula Award 2019 in the Best Novel category for her book *Gods of Jade and Shadow.* Selected from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Moreno-Garcia), 7 February 2022

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