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Author:

Castro, V.

Title:

The queen of the cicadas = : la reina de las chicharras / / V. Castro.

Publisher:

Flame Tree Publishing

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

214 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mictecacihuatl (Aztec deity)--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
Urban folklore--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Texas--Fiction.
Texas--Fiction.
Horror fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

"2018 - 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, Mictecac©Ưhuatl. 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."--Amazon.

ISBN:

1787586030
9781787586031

Locations:

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)