La Posesión de Alba Díaz / The Possession of Alba Díaz

Cuando una presencia demoniaca despierta en lo profundo de una mina de plata en México, la joven mujer a la que se lleva debe recurrir al único hombre en quien no debería confiar... De la autora bestseller Isabel Cañas.

En 1765, la peste arrasa Zacatecas. Alba huye con sus padres, comerciantes acaudalados, y su prometido, Carlos, a la apartada mina de la familia, buscando refugio. Pero la seguridad termina por ser pasajera cuando otros peligros muestran muy pronto los dientes. Alba presiente algo helado reptando bajo su piel. Algo enfurecido. Algo malo.

Elías, perseguido por un pasado tormentoso, vino al Nuevo Mundo a hacer su fortuna y escapar un legado familiar de avaricia. Alba, como la prometida de su primo, no es asunto suyo. Por lo que, por supuesto, es imposible no darse cuenta de la creciente tensión entre ellos cada vez que Alba entra a una habitación... y por qué la ve deteriorarse cuando se intensifica la sed de sangre del demonio.

En la lucha por la vida de Alba, Elías y ella se inmiscuyen en lo oculto, la Iglesia, secretos largo tiempo guardados y entre sí... sin saber que una de estas cosas definirá su perdición.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

When 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.

In 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 wrong.

Elías, 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.

In 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.

Isabel Cañas 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. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and writes fiction inspired by her research and her heritage.