The first book in the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy: Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs.
The author lives in Paris, France..
Aliette is French, of Vietnamese extraction, but she writes exclusively in English.
About the Author: Aliette de Bodard is a writer and computer specialist whose short fiction has already brought her a John W Campbell Award nomination, for best newcomer.
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...
A Priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood.
Human sacrifice and the magic of the living blood are the only things keeping the sun in the sky and the earth fertile.
The first book in the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy: Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs
