When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn\u2019t trust\u2026from bestselling author Isabel Ca\u00f1as.<\/b><\/p>\n
In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fianc\u00e9, Carlos, to his family\u2019s 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\u00a0wrong<\/i>.<\/p>\n
El\u00edas, haunted by a troubled past, came to the New World to make his fortune and escape his family\u2019s legacy of greed. Alba, as his cousin\u2019s betrothed, is none of his business. Which is of course why he can\u2019t help but notice the growing tension between them every time she enters the room\u2026and why he notices her deteriorate when the demon\u2019s thirst for blood gets stronger.<\/p>\n
In the fight for her life, Alba and El\u00edas become entangled with the occult, the Church, long-kept secrets, and each other\u2026 not knowing that one of these things will spell their doom.<\/p>\n