num_pages: 292
description: 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 El 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. According to Aztec tradition the goddess Filth Eater gives absolution by eating sins, a central theme in this story.
language: English
title: Filth Eater
titlecomplete: Filth Eater
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Writers Club Pr