Dapitan, 1893. DR. JOSÉ RIZAL thought exile meant peace and quiet—until his prized student vanished, and whispers began circling about a soil merchant in a manse on the hill. Rizal follows the trail into a nightmare older than the colony itself. Now the exiled revolutionary must confront an impossible horror—elegant, ancient, and very, very hungry. THE INDIO & THE IMPALER is a blood-soaked collision of gothic horror and Philippine history, where the greatest mind of the islands pits himself against the Prince of Darkness—COUNT DRACULA.
Author
Wincy Aquino Ong is a Filipino author, illustrator, musician, director, actor, and podcaster. He is mostly known as a songwriter for the bands Narda, Us-2 Evil-0 and Patience Dear Juggernaut, the director behind the films San Lazaro and Overtime, and an actor in the TV series Rakista. He is also the co-host of the podcast, The Telebabad Tapes. He has written for various publications such as The Philippine Star, Esquire, Northern Living, 8list.ph, Windowseat.ph, amongst others. His first published short story appeared in Neil Gaiman's Expeditions Prose Vol. 1, The Philippine Graphic / Fiction Awards. He wrote the liner notes for the Eraserhead's Circus limited edition vinyl release. He currently resides in Makati, with his wife Cj de Silva, and their two cats Andres and Max.
