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Forthcoming Novel Burn Down, Rise Up from Vincent Tirado on Sale May 3rd

People are talking about BURN DOWN, RISE UP, the forthcoming novel from Vincent Tirado, out May 3rd.

“Tirado’s unsettling debut is a love letter to the Bronx and the community that makes it. The perfect pick for horror lovers still looking for a light at the end of the tunnel.” – Booklist

“A queer, heart-pounding thrill ride. Fans of Attack the Block and Vampires vs. the Bronx: prepare for your newest obsession.” — Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston

“It is like if Nightmare on Elm Street, Get Out, and The Get Down had a baby.” – Isis Asare, Sistah Scifi bookstore

Number 7 in Buzzfeed’s 40 More Highly Anticipated Young Adult Novels Releasing in 2022

When unexplained disappearances and a mysterious illness infiltrate the Bronx, Raquel discovers that both things are tied to an urban legend called the Echo Game. The legend is rumored to trap people in a sinister world underneath the city, and its rules are based on a racist chapter in New York’s past. In an effort to save their home and everyone they love, Raquel and friends will play the game and destroy the evil lurking underground—or die trying.

BURN DOWN, RISE UP is a terrifying, cinematic, sometimes funny, utterly original novel about a group of friends in the Bronx who are plagued by the horrors of the past and will go to great lengths (and depths) to take on injustice and reclaim the home they love.

Author Vincent Tirado is a non-binary Afro-Latine Bronx native. A lover of all things horror and sci-fi, they’ve been published in FIYAH Magazine and Desert Rose Lit Mag. They also have been known to write for podcasts with credits in Mnemosyne and Cry Havoc. In their free time, Vincent spends time with their cat and sews their own cosplay for Comic Con.

Michael DeFellipo

(Senior Editor)

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