Nest of Tongues

Vampire siblings face a relentless hunter threatening their secretive existence.

3.7 Goodreads · 68 ratings

384 pages· ~720L

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Bookroo's summary

Lily and Caleb, Filipino vampires known as manananggal, live by secrecy to survive. But when a hunter targets their kind, Caleb becomes the next prey. As fear grips their community, the siblings must confront a deadly choice: flee their home or fight for a world that may already be lost. With danger closing in, can they protect each other and their hidden lives, or will the hunter's pursuit unravel everything they hold dear? In a world where myths become reality, survival demands more than just hiding in the shadows.

From the publisher

A lyrical, evocative horror about vampires from the Philippines . . . and a hunter on their tail. A brother and sister fight to protect their secrets, their community, and most of all, each other, in this evocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Patron Saints of Nothing. As Filipino vampires known as manananggal, Lily and her brother Caleb understand the value of a secret. After all, to hide is to survive. To lie is to live. They’d never harm another person–but people only believe their worst fears around creatures of myth. So the siblings stay quiet. They follow their community’s rules. Until a monster hunter turns up and kills a fellow manananggal, anyway. Until Caleb is marked as the hunter’s next prey. Suddenly, he and Lily realize there’s always been more at stake than the lives of their people. Because when doing everything “right” is still a death sentence, what can they take as truth? As the hunter nears, the siblings must decide if they’ll be driven from the only home they’ve ever known . . . or fight to protect a community that may already be lost.

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