Vroman’s Bookstore: David A. Romero, discusses & Signs His Debut Novel The Enemy Sleeps
Spoken word artist and publisher David A. Romero releases his debut novel, The Enemy Sleeps, a supernatural thriller. Readings followed by Q&A with a Special Guest.
Who killed Eliza Vazquez? As a Mexican-American family moves from Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, into the sleepy suburban town of Harper, they are met with suspicion. Who is the so-called “Harper Murderer” Is it Michael Martinez, a construction supervisor with a quick temper and an anti-immigrant bias, Robert Parsons, a known racist with a number of secrets kept from his family and community, or Kenton Weaver, a disgraced former teacher who is haunted by the ghost of one of his former students? Grievances both new and old emerge as members of the Martinez family, the Parsons family, and Weaver become tangled in a disastrous chain of events before a shocking conclusion.
Original cover art by Art Carrillo. Advance reviews from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Pedro Iniguez, Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara, American Book Award-winning author Tim Z. Hernandez, American Book Award-winning author Lorna Dee Cervantes, Sergio Troncoso Award-winning author Marisol Cortez, Louis Meriwether Award-winning author Claudia D. Hernández-Warwas, McAllen, TX Poet Laureate Edward Vidaurre, and Pomona, CA Poet Laureate Natalie Sierra.
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