A Demon of the Air
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: February 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780743239752
Subjects: Crime & mystery; Historical fiction; Fiction
First sentence: Blood lay on the steps near the summit of the Great Pyramid, the afternoon's flowing over the morning's, the fresh over the dry.
Description: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, in the year Twelve-House: the Chief Minister's trusted slave, Yaotl, is escorting a sacrificial victim up the steps of the Great Pyramid to celebrate the Festival of the Raising of Banners. But the victim runs amok and leaps to his death before the ceremony can take place.