Name: Silver Nitrate
Price: 586.00 TWD
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Author: Silvia Moreno-García
ISBN: 9780593355367

Type

Physical Book

Author

Silvia Moreno-García

Publisher

Del Rey Books

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.4 x 16.0 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.57 kg.

ISBN13

9780593355367

Synopsis "Silver Nitrate "

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes 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."No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia."--Kiersten White, #1 bestselling author of Hide ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER: The New York Times, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Paste, Lit Hub, CrimeReads 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, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán 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 Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán 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 Tristán may find that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies.

Silvia Moreno-García

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Mexican-Canadian writer born in Baja California in 1981 and based in Vancouver. Her work spans genres such as gothic horror, historical fantasy, and speculative fiction. Among her most recognized novels are Gods of Jade and Shadow (2019), Gothic (2020), The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (2022), and Silver Nitrate (2023). She has also edited anthologies like She Walks in Shadows (2015), which won the World Fantasy Award

Her novel Gothic received the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award in 2021, establishing her as a prominent voice in horror literature. Gods of Jade and Shadow was a finalist for the Nebula Award and won the Sunburst Award in 2020. Additionally, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau was nominated for the Hugo Award in 2023. Moreno-Garcia is recognized for her ability to blend Mexican mythology, social critique, and dark atmospheres into original and captivating narratives.

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