# Silver Nitrate - Paperback

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by **Silvia Moreno-Garcia** (Author)

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the 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.**  
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"No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia."--Kiersten White, author of _Hide_**

**LOCUS AWARD FINALIST - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: _The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Tordotcom, Polygon, CrimeReads, BookPage, Book Riot_**

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.

### Author Biography

**Silvia Moreno-Garcia** is the author of the novels _The Daughter of Dr. Moreau, Velvet Was the Night_, _Mexican Gothic_, _Gods of Jade and Shadow_, and a bunch of other books. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning _She Walks in Shadows_ (aka. _Cthulhu's Daughters)_. She has won the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award for her work as a novelist.

**Number of Pages:** 368

**Dimensions:** 0.94 x 8.19 x 5.43 IN

**Publication Date:** May 21, 2024

**Large Print:** Yes

## Details

- **Price:** 26.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Hispanic & Latino, Horror, Price Written on Book, Supernatural, Thrillers

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
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| Default Title | 26.00 GBP | In stock |

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