Venezuela, 1921. Diana, the fourteen-year-old daughter of an elitist family from Caracas, discovers she has inherited the hematophagy disorder from her father, a moneylender and landowner, occupations he pursues thanks to his connection to the…

Paula Sorsky, a character who also appeared in Nochebosque (a novel included in this book) and later in Renacen las sombras (La Huerta Grande, 2021), goes to babysit eleven-year-old Osip during her vacation. Everything is easy. Perhaps too easy. On…