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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.
“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.
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"In this summer’s treat, Silver Nitrate, Moreno-Garcia again deploys horror as a touchstone for a textured ghost story with surprising historical undertones while paying homage to a lesser-known progenitor of the form. True to her method, she succeeds here by knowing when to follow the rules of genre storytelling and when to turn them upside down."
— Los Angeles Times
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“Gisela Chípe’s skilled narration captivates in this immersive novel…Chípe conveys the pair’s mounting dread as they’re drawn into a world of sinister magic. Chípe’s excellent pacing and dynamic voice keep the tension high as events turn deadly. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“[A] gripping and atmospheric thriller that seamlessly blends history and magic.”
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“Like its namesake, Silver Nitrate catches fire and doesn’t stop burning until the end.”
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“A love letter to Mexico City’s film industry and an excellent entry into the popular horror subgenre of occult films.”
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Best of all is Moreno-Garcia’s depiction of the poignant, lifelong friendship between Montserrat and Tristán, with its simmering romantic undercurrent, shared childhood language and adult resentments. Like its namesake, Silver Nitrate catches fire and doesn’t stop burning until the end.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia proves, once again, that she is one of the most talented writers publishing today.
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[A] gripping and atmospheric thriller that seamlessly blends history and magic.
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Hip as hell, Silver Nitrate delivers a cinematic and exhilarating punch. Silvia Moreno-Garcia does it again with this creepy and unforgettable occult thriller, teeming with the decadence of old horror movies. I felt cooler just reading it.
— Kali Fajardo-Anstine, bestselling author of Woman of Light and Sabrina & Corina -
I’d read hundreds of pages of just Montserrat and Tristán being cantankerously charming best friends, but add a cursed film and a secret society of sorcerers? Perfection. No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
— Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide -
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a treasure and Silver Nitrate is a gem: a chilling roller coaster of a tale that captures perfectly why we love horror movies, scary books, and things that go bump in the night.
— Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Lioness -
Silver Nitrate is a popcorn thrill ride into the underbelly of 1990s Mexican horror movies and occultism. Moreno-Garcia crafts a world so rich with details and history that you won’t be able to look away.
— Dana Schwartz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anatomy: A Love Story -
You don’t just read this book, you live in it—and it will charm you, intrigue you, and scare the daylights out of you.
— Tim Powers, World Fantasy Award–winning author of The Anubis Gates -
Moreno-Garcia’s prose is enchanting, full of perfect phrases that dot every page.
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A love letter to Mexico City’s film industry and an excellent entry into the popular horror subgenre of occult films.
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An engaging, inventive story of moviemaking and the occult for film geeks and genre buffs.
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This is a knockout.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
True to her method, [Moreno-Garcia] succeeds here by knowing when to follow the rules of genre storytelling and when to turn them upside down.
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Like its namesake, Silver Nitrate catches fire and doesn’t stop burning until the end.
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Wows you with its eerie atmosphere and deft blend of historical fiction, horror and black magic.
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Moreno-Garcia makes darkness shine.
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An engaging, inventive story of moviemaking and the occult.
— Kirkus Reviews “Another instant classic from one of our best genre authors. -
[A] gripping and atmospheric thriller.
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Hip as hell, Silver Nitrate delivers a cinematic and exhilarating punch. Silvia Moreno-Garcia does it again with this creepy and unforgettable occult thriller, teeming with the decadence of old horror movies.
— Kali Fajardo-Anstine, bestselling author of Woman of Light and Sabrina & Corina -
Perfection. No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
— Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide -
Wows you with its eerie atmosphere and deft blend of historical fiction, horror and black magic.
— The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) -
Silvia Moreno-Garcia . . . is one of the most talented writers publishing today.
— Ms. “Silver Nitrate is a world of its own.
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
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A Washington Post Best Book of 2023
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A BookRiot Pick of the Year's Best Books
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A BookPage Best Book of 2023
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About Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the New York Times bestselling author of Silver Nitrate, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Mexican Gothic, and many other books. She has won the Locus and British Fantasy awards for her work as a novelist and the World Fantasy Award as an editor.
About Gisela Chipe
Edoardo Ballerini, an American actor, director, film producer, and multiaward–winning narrator. He has won several Audie Awards for best narration, including for 2019’s Best Male Narrator of the Year. He was named by Booklist as winner of their 2023 Voice of Choice Award, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, from classics to modern masters, from bestsellers to the inspirational, from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners to spine-tingling series, and much more. In television and film, he is best known for his roles in A Murder at the End of the World, The Sopranos, 24, I Shot Andy Warhol, Dinner Rush, and Romeo Must Die. He is also trained in theater and continues to do much work on stage.