Ricardo Cuaron is a fugitive of a terrible kind: on the run for over 100 years, cursed with immortality and damned by the blood of a shapeshifter. He’s tried to find a place to hide and rest, ignoring the cryptid blood that turns him into a thing of teeth and fangs, like a werewolf, when danger nears. When emotions swell, Ricardo becomes the deadly chupacabra of southwest legend ... feared by all when nighttime comes and the moon goes down.
He’s tried to forgive himself for his past, but the past is relentless … just like the monster devouring Ricardo from the inside out.
Chasing Ricardo all his tortured years is Tomas Morales: a father who lost a child, who will never stop short of vengeance -- even if it costs his soul to find it. Tomas was once a man like Ricardo. But he’s a man no longer, and he will never stop coming.
Is there an end for Ricardo, be it in Heaven or Hell? Or is there only the sameness of every day that he’s been plodding for a century … an unrelenting march of horror?
Cursed is an bloody cryptid horror tale about darkness and the terrible things that go bump in the night. Birthed from the minds of Truant & Platt (authors of the Invasion series and The Beam), you’ve never met a cast of terrors quite like this.
"Move over werewolves and shifters. The chupacabra is the new horror hero!" -- Reader review
Johnny B. Truant is the bestselling author of Fat Vampire, adapted by the SyFy network as Reginald the Vampire. His other books include Pretty Killer, Pattern Black, Invasion, The Beam, Dead City, Unicorn Western, and over 100 other titles across many genres.
Originally from Ohio, Johnny and his family now live in Austin, Texas where he's finally surrounded by creative types as weird as he is.