- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Angry Robot (3 Nov 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0857661590
- ISBN-13: 978-0857661593
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 859,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Part murder mystery, part well-researched historical novel and part fantasy. The fantasy element blends neatly with the other parts. 4 stars. --SFX Magazine
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The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming... The coronation war for the new Emperor has just ended in a failure, the armies retreating with a mere forty prisoners of war--not near enough sacrifices to ensure the favour of the gods. When one of those prisoners of war dies of a magical illness, Acatl, High Priest for the Dead, is summoned to investigate.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Master of House of Darts, formidable sequel, final installment of Mrs. de Bodard Aztec trilogy, never fails to enthrall the reader. As for the two previous books, setting and background are perfect due to a deep knowledge of this exciting civilization from the certainly hardworking author.
But action does not fall behind static description and again Aztec Gods walks among us.
Blood is everywhere to be seen and smell.
To read it is to dive into a strange world but yet in its disturbing manner, familiar (thanks to the talent, of course, of Mrs. de Bodard).
If you like Fantasy and Crime in a unfamiliar environment, do not hesitate.
But action does not fall behind static description and again Aztec Gods walks among us.
Blood is everywhere to be seen and smell.
To read it is to dive into a strange world but yet in its disturbing manner, familiar (thanks to the talent, of course, of Mrs. de Bodard).
If you like Fantasy and Crime in a unfamiliar environment, do not hesitate.
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3 reviews
Excellent!
3 May 2012
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Wow. Brilliant end to the trilogy. Though it could be taken as a stand-alone, all of the character and plot arcs come together, and each of the books affects the others. The ending had me tearing up and wanting more. I really came to love these characters, and I wish we could see them again.
Aliette handles writing the foreign culture very well, painting it in realistic and practical colors of a world that they actual live in rather than one that we should gawk at. The ideas are brilliant and the research solid.
If you loved her first two books, you'll love this one.
Man, I want another....
Aliette handles writing the foreign culture very well, painting it in realistic and practical colors of a world that they actual live in rather than one that we should gawk at. The ideas are brilliant and the research solid.
If you loved her first two books, you'll love this one.
Man, I want another....
A whodunnit of politics, disease, magic and Aztecs
17 Feb 2012
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you want to take a plunge into the bloody realm of the Aztecs as Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, tries to unravel the mystery behind a mysterious illness spreading in the capital, then this book is for you. It's filled with palace politics, ancient gods, costly magic, and growing tension as the plague grows in severity. One particularly nice aspect of reading this book is that it paints a balanced portrait of a highly civilized Aztec society that nonetheless engages in regular human sacrifice as a sacred religious rite. The Aztec medicine presented in the book struck me as remarkably advanced, what with notions of disease contagion and vectors, although my initial bias that the Aztecs wouldn't have conceived of such things seemed groundless after a little research revealed to me how superior their medicine was to Spain's in the following century.
Bodard involves the reader in three main characters: Acatl, our high priest PI, his sister, and an heir to the throne with his own agenda. Like many superior mysteries or fantasies (in this case both), Bodard uses a highly involving plot to reveal larger human and societal issues. It's a book that's not only involving while reading, but interesting to ponder after one is finished.
Bodard involves the reader in three main characters: Acatl, our high priest PI, his sister, and an heir to the throne with his own agenda. Like many superior mysteries or fantasies (in this case both), Bodard uses a highly involving plot to reveal larger human and societal issues. It's a book that's not only involving while reading, but interesting to ponder after one is finished.
Would you like to be talking to gods?
17 Feb 2012
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have not read the previous books in the series, but I did not feel like this hindered my enjoyment of the book. As I have nearly no previous knowledge of Aztec mythology, the book turned out to be really interesting reading experience for me. Yet I did not feel lost or tempted to sneak out of this alien word (well, I do read for comfort, so I am likely to stop reading when something seems too alien to be comfortable for me), as the way the story was told kept me interested and, if one could say so, as a welcome companion to the man by whose eyes we see the events roll out - Acatl, High Priest for the Dead.
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