Expecting to be purchased by someone representing his former owner, Chief Minister, Lord Feathered-in-Black, Yaotl is stunned to see that there are two different groups bidding for him. The wily slave's search for the truth will lead him through palace corridors and darkened streets into a lethal trap, laid for him by his most pitiless and implacable enemy.įirst Line: In my first few days in the slave-dealers' warehouse, I sought to escape my tormentors.īy the time the slave Yaotl no longer tries to escape those tormenting him, he finds himself up for sale. Yaotl faces a desperate race against time to find the evidence that will prove Lily's innocence - and save her from execution. A mission that goes badly wrong, with the discovery of a bloodsoaked corpse - and Lily's arrest for murder.
Yaotl's former lover Lily is in Tetzcoco too, on a mission of her own. Lord Feathered-in-Black has decided to rid himself of his disobedient slave, and plans to have Yaotl sacrificed in the most gruesome manner possible - provided he can catch him first.
It is here that Yaotl seeks refuge from his master, the Aztec Chief Minister. It's also a place torn by unrest, as rival claimants fight over the throne, and spies and assassins stalk each other through the streets and marketplaces. Tetzcoco, the second city of the Aztec realm, is a bustling, cosmopolitan town a city of poets, artists and legendary kings.
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