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The Queen of the Cicadas
A Horror Novel by V. Castro
Subgenres:
- Mythology & Folklore,
- Historical Fiction
This book is for you if you're into...
- Aztec mythology colliding with modern horror and urban legend
- Stories where feminine rage fuels supernatural vengeance
- Historical horror that confronts brutality and injustice head on
From Little Stack
There’s rage, and then there’s ancient goddess being called as a weapon of vengeance. Castro fuses Aztec mythology with urban legend and tops it with a heartbreaking dose of brutality brimming with historical truth. It’s violent and terrible, highlighting all the ways feminine rage ripples through time until justice is served.
Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas.
In 1950s south Texas a farmworker, Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship.
Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse, Hector, find themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as well.
with V. Castro “ Horror is all about connecting with the reader through universal emotions like fear or grief. ”
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