![]() Rosario’s creepy family discovered early on that Juan is a medium who can control “the Darkness,” a preternatural force that hungers for human flesh, during occult rites. This dangerous, child-murdering religious order is led by the family of Juan’s wife, Rosario, who recently died in a car accident. When we first meet Juan Peterson and his son, Gaspar, they’re trying to stay under the radar of the Cult of the Shadow. ![]() Roughly told from the point of view of a father, a mother, and their son at different stages of their lives, the story can feel aimless, but the sheer dread and paranoia the author delivers are palpable, too. ![]() ![]() A widower burdened with paranormal abilities tries to protect his son from a dangerous cult.Īfter two well-received story collections, most recently The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (2021), Enríquez presents a sprawling gothic novel holding a black mirror toward Argentina’s history of corruption and political violence and dosed with the conventions of horror fiction. ![]()
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