NOVEL · PSYCHOLOGICAL REVENGE THRILLER
CRIATURAS
SALVAJES
A NOVEL OF LOVE, BETRAYAL AND REVENGE
“When I died in Old San Juan, my last thoughts were of the love of my life…”
A noir tale of love, betrayal, and fate, told by a man who is already dead.
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FROM THE PUERTO RICAN POET RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARDS
THE STORY
Ten years of searching. One last mission. One last kill.
One rainy night, a tourist in a white dress gets lost in the alleys of Old San Juan and vanishes forever. Her husband, Vincent Novikov, is on the other side of the world on a secret military mission when they find her body.
For ten years, Vincent becomes a shadow: the invisible king of the Caribbean drug trade. He isn’t after money. He’s after a name. The name of the serial killer the streets call la Anaconda, who leaves the same note on every victim: Te quiero desde siempre (I’ve loved you forever).
Now he has finally found him. And he calls the only men he trusts: his brothers in arms.
On an island where the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can unleash a hurricane, every thread is connected. And when love mixes with money, the human heart hides corners far darker than anyone imagines. La Anaconda was only the beginning.
THE TRAILER
Step into the darker side of Old San Juan.
THE CHARACTER
Brothers in arms. A monster named after a serpent.
EL RUSO · THE RUSSIAN
Vincent Novikov
A former soldier turned invisible king of the Caribbean drug trade. Ten years hunting a single name.
EL FANTASMA · THE GHOST
Adrián
He traded war for architecture in Miami, but the nightmares never left him. In Puerto Rico, the woman who broke his heart is waiting.
EL BURRO · THE DONKEY
Javier
Lives for speed and underground street races. First to laugh, last to leave a brother behind.
THE KILLER
La Anaconda
A serial killer who leaves the same vicious mark on every victim.
People are far more complex than they seem… and far more wicked when they suffer.
THIS NOVEL IS FOR YOU IF YOU LOVE
The real Puerto Rico from the postcard… and its dark side.
Old San Juan · El Morro · Condado · the mountains of Guayama
Revenge thrillers
Morally gray characters you’ll love and fear at the same time.
Latino noir
Drug lords, former Marines, and a serial killer loose on the island’s streets.
Psychological suspense
Unexpected twists and an ending you won’t see coming.
Forbidden love and fate
Betrayal, the butterfly effect, and a touch of the inexplicable.
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O N E
When I died in Old San Juan, my last thoughts were of the love of my life, the world we could have had and the world that never was. They were worlds apart that exploded all at once, and I closed my eyes when I couldn’t bear it anymore, when the blinding light of that great detonation finally swallowed the entire universe.
When my spirit awoke, I saw that I had returned here, to one last dimension hidden far from the consuming fire of the end of the world. I arrived like a ghost in a place where my past had been kept, carried back to a life from ten years ago to live it all one last time…
The novel is written in Spanish. The full first chapter is available to read in the original.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pablo Camacho
Pablo José Camacho Marrero was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Raised in a military family, he followed in his father’s footsteps and enlisted, a path that took him across the United States and abroad. The people, moments, and adventures along that road are what inspire his writing most.
His poetry collections Paraíso and Amor gitano received Honorable Mentions at the International Latino Book Awards. With Criaturas salvajes, the poet trades verse for suspense. Because whoever writes best about love also knows what love is capable of.