Alcy Leyva is a Bronx-born multi-genre writer whose first two books in the Shades of Hell series,And Then There Were CrowsandAnd Then There Were Dragons, were published by Black Spot Books. His short stories have appeared in the award-winning anthologiesA Midnight ClearandDead of Winter. He currently lives and teaches in New York City.
"""A Black high school junior tries to escape the sea of chaos around him by finding a miracle in the ocean. . . . The juxtaposition of beauty and horror takes readers on an unpredictable ride full of twists and turns. An imaginative look at teen mental health."" --Kirkus Reviews"