Infested

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A thrilling, I-cant-stop-reading page-turner. If Infested doesnt make your skin crawl, check your pulse. Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts

Theres something in the darkwatchingwaitingin this pulse-pounding young adult horror novel set in a luxury condo building haunted by a ghost with a power unlike youve ever seen.

Manny Rivera has just moved from Texas to the Bronx in New York. The summer before senior year should be all about hanging with his friends and making some spending money, but instead, Manny is forced to do menial tasks in his new home, a luxury condo his stepdad is managing.

Thankfully, he meets Sasha, a girl his age. Sure, shes protesting the building, but she still turns out to be really cool. And he strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mr. Mueller, the buildings exterminator. Maybe life in the Bronx wont be so bad.

Then the nightmares begin. And Manny swears there are cockroaches crawling everywhereeven under his skin. When building contractors start to go missing, Manny and Sasha come to the terrifying realization that Mr. Mueller is not who he says he is. Or rather, he is, but he died decades ago in a fire exactly where Mannys new building is located. A fire that Mueller set.

Now, in a race against time, Manny must rescue his family from a deranged ghost determined to set the Bronx ablaze once again.

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Swiftly moving prose peppered with quippy, multilingual dialogue propels debut author Colns tightly paced paranormal thriller. * Publishers Weekly *
Coln weaves a frightening tale of possession in his young adult debut.Creepy-crawly body horror with a dash of social commentary. * Kirkus *

Author Bio

Angel Luis Colnis the Derringer Award and Anthony Awardnominated author ofHell Chose Me,the Blacky Jaguarseries of novellas,No Happy Endings, and the short story collectionMeat City on Fire and Other Assorted Debacles. His work has also appeared in multiple web and print publications includingThuglit,Literary Orphans, andGreat Jones Street.Infestedis his debut young adult novel. For more information, visit him at AngelLuisColon.com.