{"product_id":"aswang-arnel-benito-conde-pili-9798275804010","title":"Aswang: SHADOWS THAT FOLLOWED THE GALLEONS: A Historical Compilation of Aswang Encounters That Haunted Spain, America, and the Islands They Conquered","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Historical Compilation of Aswang Encounters That Haunted Spain, America, and the Islands They Conquered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor centuries, the history of the Philippines has been told by conquerors-cut, rewritten, and stripped of context. But beneath the edited pages lies a truth older than any empire: the shadows of the archipelago were never conquered... and some of them followed the colonizers home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals the \u003ci\u003edocumented encounters\u003c\/i\u003e of Spanish missionaries, Filipino villagers, Mexican settlers, American soldiers, and Pacific sailors who all described the same terrifying patterns: \u003cbr\u003ecreatures that walked like humans but fed like predators, beings that hunted breath, blood, and viscera, and shadows that migrated silently along the galleon routes that connected Asia, the Americas, and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough vivid narrative reconstruction built from \u003cb\u003e16th-20th century records\u003c\/b\u003e, folklore archives, and colonial accounts, this book explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ancient origins of the aswang in pre-Hispanic Philippines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 250-year Manila-Acapulco galleon trade that may have carried more than cargo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMissionary diaries describing \"night demons\" that did not match European lore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexican and Latin American sightings identical to Philippine creatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican soldier encounters in Capiz, Samar, Alaska, and the Great Lakes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rise of \"new\" foreign cryptids whose timelines trace back to Philippine contact\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is an unbroken chain of fear that crosses oceans-suggesting that the world's modern monsters may not be native at all... but migrants carried unknowingly by colonizers who underestimated the shadows of the islands they invaded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a fantasy novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a historically grounded inquiry into what happens when ancient creatures meet global trade, empire, and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrepare to see history differently.\u003cbr\u003ePrepare to follow the shadows the galleons left behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnel Benito Conde Pili\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798275804010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Arnel Benito Conde Pili","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664669839615,"sku":"9798275804010","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aswang-arnel-benito-conde-pili-9798275804010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}