{"product_id":"the-possession-of-alba-diaz","title":"The Possession of Alba Díaz PRE-ORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Isabel Cañas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBerkley Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8\/18\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan\u003e9780593641088\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e******\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a PRE-ORDER. All orders containing this title will be held until the release date of 8\/18. If you need your order right away, please order this title separately. Thank you!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe're super excited to be partnering with Buffalo's new \u003cspan\u003eCría Cuervos Bookshop for their first book club on September 27th at 1pm! If you're doing the book club, please use the code CRIACUERVOS for our 15% off book club discount. Be sure to follow @criacuervosbookshop to stay up to date on everything they're doing, and check out the message from them below for more info ❤️:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Cría Cuervos Bookshop is a new worker-owned pop-up bookstore that specializes in curating a selection of horror books that center BIPOC, queer and other historically marginalized voices and experiences. We’re excited to partner with Burning Books for our first book club, where we hope to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexplore the power of culturally diverse storytelling with our community.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e******\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn't trust...from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family's isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent convulsions. She senses something cold lurking beneath her skin. Something angry. Something \u003ci\u003ewrong\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElías, haunted by a troubled past, came to the New World to make his fortune and escape his family's legacy of greed. Alba, as his cousin's betrothed, is none of his business. Which is of course why he can't help but notice the growing tension between them every time she enters the room...and why he notices her deteriorate when the demon's thirst for blood gets stronger. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the fight for her life, Alba and Elías become entangled with the occult, the Church, long-kept secrets, and each other... not knowing that one of these things will spell their doom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Isabel Cañas's third novel, a horror-romance mashup about the sins of imperialism, is astoundingly creepy, but it describes love and lust as clearly as it does the closing-in walls of a demonic silver mine so dark and claustrophobic that it swallows Alba's words whole. It's a nauseating pleasure to read.\"-- Vulture \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"Cañas' latest gothic thriller combines an exploration of history, greed, toxic silver mining techniques, forbidden knowledge, and the dichotomies of wealth, family, class, faith, and good versus evil into a compelling, horrifying tale of possession that will only expand her growing audience.\"-- Booklist (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"Chilling.... the richly layered narrative offers much to hold readers' interest as it probes themes of colonialism, patriarchy, and autonomy. Cañas's fans will not be disappointed.\"-- Publishers Weekly\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabel Cañas \u003c\/b\u003eis a Mexican American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, Turkey, and New York City, among other places, she has settled in the Pacific Northwest. 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