Nest of Tongues

<p><b>A lyrical, fantastical horror about vampires from the Philippines . . . and a hunter on their tail. </b><br><br>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.<br><br>Until a monster hunter turns up and kills a fellow manananggal anyway.<br><br>Until Caleb is marked as the hunter's next prey.<br><br>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 <i>can</i> 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.<br><br><b>Two siblings fight to protect their secrets, their community, and most of all, each other, in this evocative novel from the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Patron Saints of Nothing</i>.</b></p>