One King, One SoldierIrvine, Alexander
9780765301161
A Scattering of Jades
Alexander C. Irvine
ISBN 10: 0765301164 / 0-7653-0116-4
ISBN 13: 9780765301161
Publisher: Forge
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 13: 9780765301161
Publisher: Forge
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
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The great fire of 1835 burned most of New York City's wooden downtown. Like many people, Archie Prescott thought he had lost everything. His home was a smoldering ruin, his dead wife's body at his feet. And next to her is a child's corpse he assumes was his daughter. It seems like the end of everything.
But it is only the beginning.
Goaded into action by New York Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett, Archie runs afoul of one of P. T. Barnum's former sideshow workers, Riley Steen. With the help of an ancient book translated by Aaron Burr, Steen has resurrected a chacmool. This ageless Mesoamerican avatar plans to use the blood of Archie's still-living daughter to bring about the end of humanity.
At the same time, Stephen Bishop guides tourists through the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Stephen, a slave, wants nothing more than a world where the color of his skin doesn't deny his humanity. His fateful first meeting with the chacmool leads him to believe that the promise it offers may bring him to such a world.
In the midst of ancient magic and murderous conspiracies, Archie finds himself with the power to save the world or drown it in sacrificial blood . . . but first he has to stop mourning his daughter and undertake a grim cross-country journey to save her.
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Book Description: Tor Books:, New York, 2002. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, A first novel. A first novel by a guy that's seen some very good ink for his short stories.Karen Joy Fowler and Kage Baker like this guy. In 1835 most of New York burns to the ground. A young man named Archie Prescott loses his wife and his daughter, or at least stumbles across a corpse that appears to be his daughter. Archie makes the acquaintance of a former sideshow worker who introduces him to a chacmool, an resurrected Mesoamerican avatar. This avatar plans to use the blood of our hero's daughter to bring about the end of humanity. Meanwhile, Stephen Bishop, a guide in The Mammoth Caves of Kentucky meets the avatar as well. The guide is looking for a world where the color of his skin won't make a difference. The avatar promises such a world, if the guide will do his bidding. Archie's path will cross with Stephen's with interesting results. Bookseller Inventory # 17606 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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