The Filth Eater will transport you to another time and place: Mexico in the 15th and 20th centuries. Listen to an ancient voice from the past, the Filth eater, explain absolution from sin, virgin births, and religion. Hear her justify violence and human sacrifice. See the “One Universe” through the eyes of an immortal. According to Aztec tradition the goddess Filth Eater gives absolution from sins, a central theme in this story.
From the sultry jungles of Veracruz to the urban nightmare of Mexico City, an ancient statue of the Aztec goddess Filth Eater becomes the focus of intrigue and murder. Five hundred years after La Noche Triste (The Sad Night), the near destruction of Cortez’s army in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, a momentous archaeological discovery occurs during the construction of the Mexico City subway system. The Filth Eater statue is unearthed, leading a corrupt museum director and powerful politician to battle for its possession. An archaeologist and his students become ensnared in a cunning web of duplicity and greed that leads to murder and torture as events spin out of control.
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From the sultry jungles of Veracruz to the urban nightmare of Mexico City, an ancient statue of the Aztec goddess Filth Eater becomes the focus of intrigue and murder. Five hundred years after La Noche Triste (The Sad Night), the near destruction of Cortez’s army in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, a momentous archaeological discovery occurs during the construction of the Mexico City subway system. The Filth Eater statue is unearthed, leading a corrupt museum director and powerful politician to battle for its possession. An archaeologist and his students become ensnared in a cunning web of duplicity and greed that leads to murder and torture as events spin out of control.
Filth Eater
The Filth Eater will transport you to another time and place: Mexico in the 15th and 20th centuries. Listen to an ancient voice from the past, the Filth eater, explain absolution from sin, virgin births, and religion. Hear her justify violence and human sacrifice. See the “One Universe” through the eyes of an immortal. According to Aztec tradition the goddess Filth Eater gives absolution from sins, a central theme in this story.
From the sultry jungles of Veracruz to the urban nightmare of Mexico City, an ancient statue of the Aztec goddess Filth Eater becomes the focus of intrigue and murder. Five hundred years after La Noche Triste (The Sad Night), the near destruction of Cortez’s army in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, a momentous archaeological discovery occurs during the construction of the Mexico City subway system. The Filth Eater statue is unearthed, leading a corrupt museum director and powerful politician to battle for its possession. An archaeologist and his students become ensnared in a cunning web of duplicity and greed that leads to murder and torture as events spin out of control.
From the sultry jungles of Veracruz to the urban nightmare of Mexico City, an ancient statue of the Aztec goddess Filth Eater becomes the focus of intrigue and murder. Five hundred years after La Noche Triste (The Sad Night), the near destruction of Cortez’s army in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, a momentous archaeological discovery occurs during the construction of the Mexico City subway system. The Filth Eater statue is unearthed, leading a corrupt museum director and powerful politician to battle for its possession. An archaeologist and his students become ensnared in a cunning web of duplicity and greed that leads to murder and torture as events spin out of control.
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| BN ID: | 2940012904393 |
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| Publisher: | Aztec Mystery Books |
| Publication date: | 06/19/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 2 MB |
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