The release date for the English version of 'Silver Nitrate' by
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is Jul 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A fantastic blend of Mexican horror films and Nazi occultism, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic, is a dark thriller about a curse that haunts a fabled lost film and awakens the latent powers of a woman.
Montserrat has never received enough attention. Despite her ability as a sound editor, she is not included in the boys' club that controls Mexico City's film industry in the 1990s. Even though she has been in love with her closest friend Tristán since she was a little girl, she is almost invisible to him—a charming but fading soap opera star.
Then Tristán learns that his new neighbor is Abel Urueta, the cult horror filmmaker, who promises he can transform their lives, despite the fact that his story of a Nazi occultist infusing magic into very explosive silver nitrate stock seems like pure fiction. Urueta claims that the reason his career ended abruptly was because the magic picture was never completed. I curse him.
The director now wants Montserrat and Tristán to assist him in filming the sequence that is missing and breaking the curse. However, Montserrat soon discovers that someone is following her, and Tristán starts to see the ghost of his former fiancée.
Montserrat and Tristán may discover that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies as they collaborate to solve the mystery surrounding the movie and the mysterious occultist who once wandered their city.