From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Daughter of Doctor MoreauandMexican Gothiccomes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film–and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.

Montserrat has always been overlooked. She’s a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. And she’s all but invisible to her best friend, Tristn, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she’s been in love with him since childhood.

Then Tristn discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives–even if his tale of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed.

Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristn to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristn begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend.

As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristn may find that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies.

Silvia Moreno-Garciais theNew York Timesbestselling author of the critically acclaimed speculative novelsMexican Gothic,Gods of Jade and Shadow,Signal to Noise,Certain Dark Things, andThe Beautiful Ones,as well as the crime novelUntamed Shore. She has edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winningShe Walks in Shadows(akaCthulhu’s Daughters). She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

• Publisher:Del Rey (July 18, 2023)
• Language:English
• Hardcover:336 pages
• ISBN-10:0593355369
• ISBN-13:9780593355367
• Item Weight:1.25 pounds
• Dimensions:6.48 x 1.09 x 9.55 inches