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VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE
From the author of The Hacienda comes a novel set in the 1800s on the Texas-Mexico border about two childhood best friends who must risk it all to save their lives, family, and land in the face of bloodthirsty vampires...
As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters. Rumors of strange lights and creatures lurking near her family home have been whispered about for decades, but a new threat comes from the north as settlers are stealing local land and getting closer to the only place Nena has ever known.
As a local healer - a curandera - Nena has committed herself to a lifetime of helping others. But she's never gotten over the mysterious childhood incident at the water's edge with her best friend, Néstor - the son of one of the vaqueros on the ranch - that left her nearly dead and Néstor banished.
Meanwhile, Néstor has been on the move since the night he watched his beloved Nena drown. Grief-stricken and believing Nena to be dead, Néstor ran and kept running. No amount of drink or women can make him forget Nena and that night with the glowing light, the cold air, the creatures with sharp teeth...
When a letter from Néstor's uncle arrives, begging him to finally come home and help the town deal with the dying animals, the bad crop, and the settlers encroaching, Néstor returns and is shocked to come face-to-face with the woman he never thought he'd see alive again.
But there are bigger problems going on at the ranch. Things that seem to evade rational reason. And together, Nena and Néstor and that night so long ago at the river, may be the only ones who can stop it.
Isabel Cañas is a Mexican American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, and Turkey, among other places, she has settled (for now) in New York City. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern languages and civilizations and writes fiction inspired by her research and her heritage.
As a local healer - a curandera - Nena has committed herself to a lifetime of helping others. But she's never gotten over the mysterious childhood incident at the water's edge with her best friend, Néstor - the son of one of the vaqueros on the ranch - that left her nearly dead and Néstor banished.
Meanwhile, Néstor has been on the move since the night he watched his beloved Nena drown. Grief-stricken and believing Nena to be dead, Néstor ran and kept running. No amount of drink or women can make him forget Nena and that night with the glowing light, the cold air, the creatures with sharp teeth...
When a letter from Néstor's uncle arrives, begging him to finally come home and help the town deal with the dying animals, the bad crop, and the settlers encroaching, Néstor returns and is shocked to come face-to-face with the woman he never thought he'd see alive again.
But there are bigger problems going on at the ranch. Things that seem to evade rational reason. And together, Nena and Néstor and that night so long ago at the river, may be the only ones who can stop it.
Isabel Cañas is a Mexican American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, and Turkey, among other places, she has settled (for now) in New York City. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern languages and civilizations and writes fiction inspired by her research and her heritage.
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