One of Crime Reads most anticipated LatinX Horror and Crime Fiction of 2023 This sumptuously written thriller asks probing questions about how we live with each other and with our planet. Raised on his wits on the streets of Central America, the Cobra, a young debt collector and gang enforcer, has never had the chance to discern between right and wrong, until he’s assigned the murder of Polo, a prominent human rights activist—and his friend. When his conscience gives him pause and his patrón catches on, a remote Mayan community offers the Cobra a potential refuge, but the people there are up against predatory mining companies. With danger encroaching, the Cobra is forced to confront his violent past and make a decision about what he’s willing to risk in the future, and who it will be for. Following the Cobra, Polo, a faction of drug-dealing oligarchs, and Jacobo, a child caught in the crosshairs, Rey Rosa maps an extensive web of corruption upheld by decades of political oppression. A scathing indictment of exploitation in all its forms, The Country of Toó is a gripping account of what it means to consider societal change under the constant threat of violence.

A breathtaking novella about faith and anarchy by the acclaimed and prizewinning Latin American writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa. Mexican author Rubirosa is attending a book fair in Tangier when he reconnects with an old acquaintance, a Moroccan artist who asks one favor of his visiting friend: to access the puzzling files on a memory card. It could help fulfill the destiny of his son Abdelkrim. It could also unwittingly draw both men into irreversible events already in motion on distant shores. In America, Abdelkrim, a brilliant aspiring astronaut deemed "too Muslim" for citizenship, has teamed up with an equally gifted young prodigy, a witness to the plight of Syrian refugees. Together, the foreign students share a vision of altering the world's geopolitical landscape to end human suffering with a nearly inconceivable blueprint. And they can turn theory to reality. They can bring about change. But only through a technological apocalypse can there be redemption-by unleashing total chaos. A provocative morality tale that moves with the visceral rhythms of a high-tech thriller, Chaos, A Fable is a spare and stunning triumph from one of the most celebrated Latin American authors of his generation.

Set in Guatemala, these spare and beautiful tales are linked by themes of magic, violence, and the fragility of existence. Paul Bowle's translation perfectly captures Rey Rosa's stories of the haunted lives of ordinary people in present-day Central America.

From one of Guatemala's finest young writers, these twenty-six stories--at once brutal and intensely lyrical--are peopled with sorcerers, ghosts, and assassins.

Springing from myth and beliefs indigenous to Central America and North America, where their action occurs, Rey Rosa's tales give the sense of being dreamed. At the same time they can be read as metaphors for the terror and oppression of years of warfare.

From London, Madrid, and Berlin to Seoul, New York, and Mexico City, this anthology describes the feeling of first arriving in 11 international cities from the perspective of 11 different Latin American writers. Although today anyone can virtually be anywhere in the world at the click of a button, this book attests that nothing compares to physically being in a city, being scared and delighted at the same time, and absorbing everything the place has to offer as well as all that it can hide. With grace and imagination, these fresh voices explain why they love--and sometimes hate--these cities. ""Desde Londres, Madrid y Berlin hasta Seul, Nueva York y la Ciudad de Mexico, esta antologia describe el sentimiento de llegar por primera vez a 11 ciudades internacionales desde la perspectiva de 11 escritores latinoamericanos diferentes. Aunque hoy el que sea puede estar en cualquier lugar del mundo a un clic de raton, este libro expone que nada puede comparar con estar fisicamente en una ciudad, estar asustado y encantado a la vez y absorber todo lo que puede ofrecer el lugar asi como todo lo que puede ocultar. Con gracia e imaginacion, estas voces frescas explican por que aman--y a veces odian--estas ciudades.""