A retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous works!

 When an unexpected murder hits Boracay, the Philippines’ premiere party island, it’s up to Auguste “Ogie” Dupin, the meddling French-Filipino ambassador’s son, to solve the crime. Clues point to the work of a creature called an aswang – but all is not always what it appears to be when you’re surrounded by the supernatural.

Tala Warnock has little use for magic – a descendant of Maria Makiling, she negates spells, often by accident. But her family’s ties to Avalon soon finds them guarding its last prince from those who would use his kingdom’s magic for insidious ends. And with the rise of dangerous spelltech in the Royal States of America, the re-emergence of the Snow Queen – and the appearance of the firebird, Avalon’s most powerful weapon, at her doorstep – Tala’s life is about to get even more complicated….