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Nest of Tongues

by Randy Ribay

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Secrets, kinship, and a hunter’s pursuit

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Secrets, kinship, and a hunter’s pursuit

In *Nest of Tongues*, Filipino siblings Lily and Caleb are manananggal who have built their lives around concealment and their community’s rules. When a monster hunter kills one of their kind and targets Caleb, their effort to stay safe becomes a question of what those rules can protect. The horror premise is tied to family loyalty, communal survival, and the strain between hiding and resisting. Set within a Filipino community shaped by the presence of mythic creatures and a human threat, the story frames the siblings’ choices around both their own lives and the future of their people.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in horror fiction.
  • Readers seeking stories featuring Filipino folklore and manananggal.
  • Readers interested in sibling bonds, community, and survival under threat.

Themes

Filipino folkloreFamily loyaltySecrecy and survivalCommunity and belongingTrust and truth

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Book overview

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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