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The Seventh Veil of Salome (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Seventh Veil of Salome (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R425 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Save R126 (30%) Pre-order

Golden Age Hollywood - a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and intrigue. Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary temptress.

So when the film's mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown Mexican ingenue, in the lead role, she quickly becomes the talk of the town. Vera also becomes an object of envy for Nancy Hartley, a bit player whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.

As Vera navigates the glitz and the gilded glamour of her new city, Nancy follows silently behind, trying to take everything she believes Vera has been unfairly handed.

But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of the princess Salome herself. Consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather, Salome is a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart.

And tragedy is waiting in the wings . . . for all three women.

Certain Dark Things (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Certain Dark Things (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R519 R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Save R77 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Silver Nitrate: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silver Nitrate
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 a 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 Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives - even if his tales 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 Tristan might find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies . . .

Untamed Shore: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Untamed Shore
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Silver Nitrate (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silver Nitrate (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Hardcover): Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Hardcover)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. 'ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022' - She Reads 'The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the polarities of storytelling' - New York Times Carlota Moreau: A young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatan peninsula, the only daughter of a genius - or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol, an outcast who assists Dr Moreau with his scientific experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas with plentiful coffers. The hybrids: The fruits of the Doctor's labour, destined to blindly obey their creator while they remain in the shadows, are a motley group of part-human, part-animal monstrosities. All of them are living in a perfectly balanced and static world which is jolted by the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor Moreau's patron - who will, unwittingly, begin a dangerous chain-reaction. For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of the jungle passions may ignite.

Velvet Was the Night (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Velvet Was the Night (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R422 R261 Discovery Miles 2 610 Save R161 (38%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Untamed Shore (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Untamed Shore (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of MEXICAN GOTHIC (July 2020) and VELVET WAS THE NIGHT (August 2021), comes UNTAMED SHORE, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced coming-of-age story with a classical noir. 'Brutality takes on an almost divine quality' LA Review of Books Baja California, 1979: Viridiana spends her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore. Her head is filled with dreams of romance, travel and of a future beyond this drab town where her only option is to marry and have children. When a wealthy American writer arrives with his wife and brother-in-law, Viridiana jumps at the offer of a job as his assistant, and she's soon entangled in the glamorous foreigners' lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from her humdrum life. When one of them dies, eager to protect her new friends, Viridiana lies - but soon enough, someone's asking questions. It's not long before Viridiana has some of her own questions about the identities of her new acquaintances. Sharks may be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve young woman unwittingly entangled in a web of deceit.

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R482 R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Save R111 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beautiful Ones (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Beautiful Ones (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R477 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R111 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mexican Gothic (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Mexican Gothic (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R462 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R105 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Silver Nitrate (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silver Nitrate (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R390 R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Save R78 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A breathtaking blend of Mexican horror movies and dark occultism from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. 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, even though she's been in love with him since childhood. 'Gripping and unusual' - Guardian Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives - even if his tales 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. As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristán might just find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies . . . "Perfection" - Kiersten White, bestselling author of Hide

Certain Dark Things (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Certain Dark Things (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Out of stock

Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood-drinkers, is smart and beautiful - and very dangerous. Domingo is mesmerised. Atl needs to escape the city quickly, to get far away from the rival narco-vampire clan relentlessly pursuing her. Her plan doesn't include Domingo, but little by little, she finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his undeniable charm. As the trail of corpses stretches behind her, local cops and crime bosses both start closing in. Vampires, humans, cops, and criminals collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. Atl and Domingo stand little chance at all of making it out alive before the city devours them all - but they are determined to try . . . The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, the new book from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, is available to pre-order now.

Mexican Gothic (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Mexican Gothic (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a mesmerising feminist re-imagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a young socialite discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico.

He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me.

When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin begging to be rescued from a mysterious doom, it's clear something is desperately amiss. Catalina has always had a flair for the dramatic, but her claims that her husband is poisoning her and her visions of restless ghosts seem remarkable, even for her.

Noemí's more suited to cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing, but she heads immediately to High Place, a remote mansion in the Mexican countryside, determined to discover what is so affecting her cousin. She's tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: not of her cousin's new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who is fascinated by Noemí; and not of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi's dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family's youngest son. Shy and gentle, he wants to help - but he might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family's past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family's once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerised by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to leave this enigmatic house behind . . .

This Strange Way of Dying - Stories of Magic, Desire & the Fantastic (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia This Strange Way of Dying - Stories of Magic, Desire & the Fantastic (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R425 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R105 (25%) Out of stock

Spanning a variety of genres--fantasy, science fiction, horror--and time periods, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's exceptional debut collection features short stories infused with Mexican folklore yet firmly rooted in a reality that transforms as the fantastic erodes the rational. This speculative fiction compilation, lyrical and tender, quirky and cutting, weaves the fantastic and the horrific alongside the touchingly human. Perplexing and absorbing, the stories lift the veil of reality to expose the realms of what lies beyond with creatures that shed their skin and roam the night, vampires in Mexico City that struggle with disenchantment, an apocalypse with giant penguins, legends of magic scorpions, and tales of a ceiba tree surrounded by human skulls.

Mexican Gothic (Hardcover): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Silver Nitrate (Hardcover): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silver Nitrate (Hardcover)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R514 Discovery Miles 5 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A breathtaking blend of Mexican horror movies and dark occultism from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. 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, even though she's been in love with him since childhood. 'Gripping and unusual' - Guardian Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives - even if his tales 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. As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristán might just find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies . . . "Perfection" - Kiersten White, bestselling author of Hide

Silver Nitrate (Hardcover): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silver Nitrate (Hardcover)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Fungi (Hardcover, New): Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Orrin Grey Fungi (Hardcover, New)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Orrin Grey
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

SPECIAL EDITION HARDCOVER: Contains three stories and 10 illustrations not included in paperback or e-book edition. A collection of fungal wonders...and terrors. In this new anthology, writers reach into the rich territory first explored by William Hope Hodgson a century ago: the land of the fungi. Stories range from noir to dark fantasy, from steampunk to body horror. Join authors such as Jeff VanderMeer, Laird Barron, Nick Mamatas, W.H. Pugmire, Lavie Tidhar, Ann K.Schwader, Jesse Bullington, Molly Tanzer and Simon Strantzas through a dizzying journey of fungal tales. Feast upon Fungi

Dracula (Paperback): Bram Stoker Dracula (Paperback)
Bram Stoker; Introduction by Alexander Chee; Illustrated by Kaitlin Chan; Introduction by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
New Suns - Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color (Paperback): Nisi Shawl New Suns - Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color (Paperback)
Nisi Shawl; Rebecca Roanhorse, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Darcie Little Badger, Tobias S Buckell, … 1
R286 R213 Discovery Miles 2 130 Save R73 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Winner of the 2020 Locus, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Ignyte, and Brave New Words Awards. "There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns," proclaimed Octavia E. Butler. New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. Between this book's covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their indefinable overlappings. These are authors aware of our many possible pasts and futures, authors freed of stereotypes and cliches, ready to dazzle you with their daring genius. Unexpected brilliance shines forth from every page. Includes stories by Kathleen Alcala, Minsoo Kang, Anil Menon, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Alex Jennings, Alberto Yanez, Steven Barnes, Jaymee Goh, Karin Lowachee, E. Lily Yu, Andrea Hairston, Tobias Buckell, Hiromi Goto, Rebecca Roanhorse, Indrapramit Das, Chinelo Onwualu and Darcie Little Badger.

Signal To Noise (Paperback, 2nd edition): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Signal To Noise (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mexico City, 1988. Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said "I love you" with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, discovers how to cast spells using music, and with her friends Sebastian and Daniela will piece together their broken families, and even find love... Two decades after abandoning the metropolis, Meche returns for her estranged father's funeral, reviving memories from her childhood she thought she buried a long time ago. What really happened back then? Is there any magic left?

Velvet was the Night - President Obama's Summer Reading List 2022 pick (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Velvet was the Night - President Obama's Summer Reading List 2022 pick (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring the activists protesting around the city. When her next-door neighbor, the beautiful art student Leonora, disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman-and journeying deeper into Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. 'An amazing writer' S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears Mexico in the 1970s is a politically fraught land, even for Elvis, a goon with a passion for rock 'n' roll who knows more about kidney-smashing than intrigue. When Elvis is assigned to find Leonora, he begins a blood-soaked search for the woman-and his soul. 'A page-turning read full of colour and action' THE INDEPENDENT Swirling in parallel trajectories, Maite and Elvis attempt to discover the truth behind Leonora's disappearance, encountering hitmen, government agents, and Russian spies. Because Mexico in the 1970s is a noir, where life is cheap and the price of truth is high. Velvet Was the Night: an edgy, simmering historical novel for lovers of smoky noirs and anti-heroes.

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. 'The deeply atmospheric novel blends horror, science fiction, and historical events' Time, 100 'Must Read Books of 2022' Carlota Moreau: growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatan peninsula, she is the only daughter of an eccentric, and dangerous, genius. His experiments, a motley group of hybrid monstrosities, are blindly loyal to their creator. Into Carlota's strange but perfectly balanced world comes Eduardo Lizalde, the charming, careless son of Doctor Moreau's patrons. In the sweltering heat of the jungle, amidst her father's secrets and her own awakening feelings, Carlota will begin asking questions that could ignite a conflagration. ______________________ 'Genius . . . combine[s] contemporary political awareness with the appeal of a creepy gothic romance' - Guardian 'An evocative slow-burn SF drama about colonialism, heredity and scientific hubris, couched in lush prose' - Financial Times 'The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the polarities of storytelling' - New York Times 'Paints a vivid picture that is as alluring as it is unsettling, filled with action, romance, and monsters' Booklist

Gods of Jade and Shadow (Paperback): Silvia Moreno-Garcia Gods of Jade and Shadow (Paperback)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
R490 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R110 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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