Dark Allies, Dark Adversaries

Acknowledgement

This book was a joy to write because it was born from an idea that both Sol and I were excited about. It started as a screenplay and, after much valuable feedback from several people, we realised the story was bigger than our original concept. Hence, the decision to novelise it.

This would never have happened without the following people who planted the seeds of encouragement into our hearts.

To Francis Abbey – your detailed critique of the script led us to looking deeper into our story and realising it was so much richer than we thought.

To LeoRising – for your deep insight about the shared humanity in people regardless of culture and gender differences, we love you.

To Mark Redfield – your patient, steady encouragement and support is a staple to us.

To Jonathan Schnitzer – the honest, no-nonsense critique of our first amateur attempt at horror scriptwriting opened the door for us and led us to the path we now walk. Our gratitude is endless. When we become best sellers, we fully give you permission to brag.

To the Horror Room of Clubhouse – truly instrumental to our writing partnership. A very loud shout out to the wonderful Jed Shepard, Sebastien Bazille, Steve Barton, Rabia Rpish, Patrick Guera, Leone D’Antonio, Angie Martin, Ryan Murphy, Greg Green.

To Jordan Clark of The Aswang Project, an invaluable source of information about Philippine lore.

And to our wonderful beta readers – for your enthusiasm and honest feedback.

We present to you the first of several books in this series. As of the moment, we don’t know how many volumes it will be as we both decided to let the story unfold naturally.

To all lovers of horror and fantasy, we dare you to dive deep into the rich and unique world of Philippine lore, where everything in nature has magic.