{"product_id":"crescent-pines-rafa-leyva-9798265840660","title":"Crescent Pines: A Modern Vampire Horror Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome small towns keep their secrets. Crescent Pines buries them in blood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Castillo never planned to return to Crescent Pines. The remote Northern California town was little more than a ghost in his past-a place he left behind years ago. But when he decides to visit his aging aunt, Rosa, Alex can't ignore the sense of urgency in the town's residents voices. They sounds scared. Desperate. Like they know something he doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment he arrives, the town feels \u003ci\u003ewrong\u003c\/i\u003e. The streets are too quiet. The locals avoid his gaze. There's a heaviness in the air, a stillness that makes his skin crawl. Something is lurking beneath the surface of Crescent Pines-something that moves in the dark, whispering just beyond the edge of Alex's senses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, people start to disappear. A missing hiker. A drifter no one remembers. A neighbor who simply vanishes overnight. The deeper Alex digs, the more he realizes the town is rotting from the inside out, its people trapped in fear, held in the grip of something far older-and far hungrier-than he ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrescent Pines isn't just dying. It's already dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, as night falls and the shadows stretch long, Alex discovers the horrifying truth: the town belongs to \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e. The things that lurk in the forests. The creatures that slip through locked doors and wait outside bedroom windows. The ones who whisper his name from the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was called back for a reason. And if he doesn't escape soon, he'll never leave at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping modern vampire horror novel perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eSalem's Lot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e30 Days of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMidnight Mass\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rafa Leyva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798265840660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Rafa Leyva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137229467903,"sku":"9798265840660","price":15.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dc217e1-0bc5-4793-9e28-c26b429e1458.jpg?v=1770167432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crescent-pines-rafa-leyva-9798265840660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}