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First and Previous “How can they do this?” wailed Tepin’s brother’s wife. Her brother’s widow, now. “The ones with staffs are kneeling. The warrior priest and effigies.” Except these priests didn’t look particularly devout. Easily, casually, as if they’d done so a thousand times … Continue reading →

First  Previous Candegar ran. The thought occurred to him to stop. Why flee the towering abomination bearing down on them? The rogue power could only kill him, after all. Whereas if he ran, Candegar might escape. If he escaped, Martus … Continue reading →

First and Previous Tepin hid with her children in her brother’s house and watched the enemy come. Her sister-in-law was there too and the woman’s old mother. But Mazatl, himself, had been called upon to fight, which meant he was outside and probably … Continue reading →

First Previous “So this is what you want?” The two traitors spun around to face Martus. Behind them, the perimeter of Nebuchak’s influence curved across the crown of the hill, as straight as the line drawn by a draftsman’s compass. … Continue reading →

First and Previous Tlālpantli,  Tamal, Pōctli “Chimalma exploded?” Tepin swayed on her feet. Nothing made sense any more. A crack in the earth had opened and swallowed the normal world. She held out her hands to Pochitl as if for support. “What will we … Continue reading →

First and Previous Itztli, Eztli, Tlatlatziniliztli “Boss?” “Yes?” snapped Chimalma. “What is it now, Pochotl?” “The foreigners have stopped.” The scout commander muttered an oath and turned to look up the slope of the little hill. Yes, the damn foreigners had formed a clump … Continue reading →