SuitabookSibling protection
Lily sees herself as Caleb’s protector, while Caleb feels uncomfortable with their supernatural side and confronts his insecurities.
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Randy Ribay - Author
This is a supernatural survival story grounded in sibling loyalty and Filipino folklore. Its main appeal is the tension between keeping hidden, protecting a community and deciding what to believe when danger makes familiar rules unsafe.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a supernatural survival story grounded in sibling loyalty and Filipino folklore. Its main appeal is the tension between keeping hidden, protecting a community and deciding what to believe when danger makes familiar rules unsafe.
Lily sees herself as Caleb’s protector, while Caleb feels uncomfortable with their supernatural side and confronts his insecurities.
The novel places Filipino American siblings in a fictional San Francisco Bay Area town and draws on manananggal and Bayani folklore.
The book includes supernatural threat, hunting and a fellow manananggal being killed.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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