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Inspired by Mexican folklore, Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical, wildly imaginative coming-of-age tale for fans of Katherine Arden, Naomi Novik and Helene Wecker. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather's house to do more than dream of a life far from her small town in Southern Mexico. Until the day she accidentally frees an ancient Mayan god of death, who offers her a deal: in return for Casiopea's help in recovering his throne, he will grant her whatever she desires.

Un relato de la autora de Gótico. Amelia sueña con Marte. El Marte de las películas y la imaginación, un bastión interminable de oportunidades para un colono con agallas. Pero está atrapada en Ciudad de México, soportando la monotonía de una metrópolis desagradable, trabajando como "amiga de alquiler", vendiendo su sangre a ancianos con dinero que esperan rejuvenecerse con ella, actuando en una historia de amor rota desde hace tiempo. Y, sin embargo, está Marte, tan lejos y tan cerca. Está segura de que la espera.

'Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches': That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that's why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

Dieser Dschungel verbirgt düstere Machenschaften. Mexiko, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Carlota Moreau lebt auf einem luxuriösen Anwesen im entlegenen Dschungel der Halbinsel Yucatán. Ihr Vater ist der berüchtigte Doktor Moreau, ein begabter Wissenschaftler, der mit Unterstützung seines melancholischen Gehilfen Montgomery geheime Experimente durchführt. Als Eduardo Lizalde, der Sohn von Moreaus Geldgeber, eintrifft und Carlota den Hof macht, scheint ihr Weg in die feine Gesellschaft vorgezeichnet – wären da nicht die unzähligen Geheimnisse, die sich in den düsteren Laboren verbergen.

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. She's all-but-invisible to her best friend Tristán. 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 fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed.

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.

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.

1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times. 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.

Judith knows her sister, Alice, is the pretty one—but that doesn’t stop her from wishing for love. When a handsome and gentlemanly hunter appears in their village, seeking lodging from the cold, she believes her lover has finally arrived. He does, indeed, choose to stay—but as Alice’s husband, not her own. When another stranger comes out of the woods, looking every bit a vagrant, he offers Judith something mysterious and enticingly strange. Against reason and decency, she welcomes both men into her life, in different ways.

Un manoir isolé. Un aristocrate dangereusement séduisant. Et une jeune mondaine poussée à dévoiler leurs atroces secrets. Après avoir reçu un mystérieux appel à l'aide de sa cousine récemment mariée, Noemí Taboada se rend à High Place, un manoir isolé dans la campagne mexicaine. Elle ignore ce qu'elle va y trouver, ne connaissant ni la région ni le compagnon de sa cousine, un séduisant Anglais.

Carlota Moreau : jeune femme ayant grandi dans une propriété isolée à l'environnement luxuriant, loin des conflits qui secouent la péninsule du Yucatán. Fille unique d'un chercheur soit génial... soit fou. Montgomery Laughton : marginal, chef d'équipe mélancolique au passé tragique, porté sur la boisson. Aide le docteur Moreau dans ses expériences financées par les Lizalde, propriétaires fortunés de splendides haciendas. Les hybrides : fruit des travaux du docteur, destinés à obéir aveuglément à leur créateur et à rester dans l'ombre.

Bedrohliche Séancen hochentzündliche Filmrollen und ein untoter Okkultist der Nazis – und mittendrin eine ungewöhnliche Protagonistin mit einer Vorliebe für Horrorfilme. Die kluge Montserrat schlägt sich als Außenseiterin in einer Männerdomäne durch: im mexikanischen Filmbusiness. Der einzige Mensch der ihr lieb und teuer ist ist ihr Jugendfreund Tristán der als Soap-Darsteller unter Auftragsarmut leidet. Als sie und Tristán das Angebot bekommen einen nie produzierten legendären Horrorfilm zu vollenden schlagen sie ein.

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.