As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters, but something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead. Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago. Believing Nena dead, Nestor has been on the run from his grief ever since. When the United States invades Mexico in 1846, the two are brought abruptly together on the road to war: Nena as a curandera and Nestor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros. But the shock of their reunion--and Nena's rage at Nestor for seemingly abandoning her long ago--is quickly overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh.
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