Servant of the Underworld
- ISBN-10
- 1625672047
- ISBN-13
- 9781625672049
- Series
- Servant of the Underworld
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-10-06
- Publisher
- Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Incorporated
- Author
- Aliette de Bodard
Description
The first book in the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy: Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs. Human sacrifice and the magic of the living blood are the only things keeping the sun in the sky and the earth fertile. A Priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. It should be a usual investigation for Acatl, High Priest of the Dead--except that his estranged brother is involved, and the the more he digs, the deeper he is drawn into the political and magical intrigues of noblemen, soldiers, and priests-and of the gods themselves...
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