Four friends, three days, two lovers, and one very haunted theme park On a stormy Halloween weekend, Ray enlists his best friends Joaquin, Sofia, and...

Four friends, three days, two lovers, and one very haunted theme park

On a stormy Halloween weekend, Ray enlists his best friends Joaquin, Sofia, and Isabella to help him make a documentary of Malicia, the abandoned theme park off the coast of the Dominican Republic where his mother and brother died in a mass killing thirteen years ago.

But what should be an easy weekend trip quickly turns into something darker because all four friends have come to Malicia for their own reasons:

Ray has come to Malicia to find out the truth of the massacre that destroyed his family. Isabella has come to make art out of Ray's tragedy for her own personal gain. Sofia has come to support her friends in one last adventure before she goes to med school. Joaquin already knows the truth of the Malicia Massacre and he has come to betray his crush Ray to the evil that made the park possible.

With an impending hurricane and horrors around every corner, they all struggle to face the deadly storm and their own inner demons. But the deadliest evil of all is the ancient malignant presence on the island.

Author: Steven Dos Santos
Publisher: Page Street YA
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.76w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9781645677871
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2024
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2024
Booklist 04/15/2024 pg. 54
School Library Journal 06/01/2024 pg. 85

About the Author
Dominican-American author Steven dos Santos is the author of The Torch Keeper series and Dagger: The Dust Ops. Steven is an adjunct English Professor and a passionate advocate of LGBTQ+ rights. He currently resides in Miami.