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"Agad na kinontak ni Reynold ''Rey'' Ventura, isang hardware owner, ang mga kaibigan ng anak niyang si Alison, isang gabing hindi ito umuwi. Pero lahat sila, walang ideya kung saan ito naroon. Mula sa isang unsent message ng anak sa Facebook Messenger, sisimulang pagtagpi-tagpiin ni Rey ang mga pangyayari. Sa tulong ng matalik na kaibigang si Benjo, isang ''BPO Yakuza'' kung tagurian, tutuntunin nila ang kinaroroonan ni Alison. Sa biyaheng ito, matutuklasan nila ang tunay na silbi ng martilyo. ------------ ""Sino ang biktima, sino ang nambiktima sa kriminal na biktima rin lamang? At ang kay Vivo ang pinakamarahas, ang dehumanisasyon, ang pambibiktima ng tao sa kapuwa."" -- Jun Cruz Reyes"

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"""Vivo's specialty lies in his obsessive plotting and his ability to carry it out well. He gives his characters almost-equal importance, then slowly rearranges their stories to present a micro-universe that will serve as their main battleground and melting pot, its many segments frolicking in different voices, personas, and angles, all while still coalescing and making sense in the end."" -- RM Topacio-Aplaon, novelist ""His pacing and plot twists are like a high intensity car chase turning on narrow alleys. Here, his ear for underground language takes us past street level into the sunless bowels of graffitied walls and rat-infested corners. Vivo's novels depict a Metro Manila in the claws of both neon and darkness-that have either become too romanticized or given an exaggerated makeover for poverty porn purposes in film and literature."" -- Karl De Mesa, award winning writer/journalist"

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"RONALDO VIVO, JR's first novel ""Ang Kapangyarihang Higit sa Ating Lahat"" was a finalist in the 20th and 21st Madrigal-Gonzales First BookAward while his sophomore novel ""Ang Bangin sa Ilalim ng Ating mga Paa"" was nominated for a Filipino Reader's Choice Awards in 2022 and a National Book Award in 2023. Vivo was a recipient of the Philippine National Committee on Literary Arts Bienvenido Lumbera Award in 2022 for his short story ""Tuwing Naglalaho ang Ating mga Anino"". He is the founder of UngazPress, a collective of short story writers from the town of Pateros, Metro Manila."

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