The Merchant of Death : A Mayan Mystery
Overview
A corpse. A wrongly accused hunter. A crippled painter with an unquenchable thirst for justice. In the year 679 AD, Xh l, a painter, a sculptor...and a cripple, discovers the dead body of a wealthy merchant just returned from a trade expedition to the North. Quickly, Xh l and Thirteen Jaguar, the shrewd high priest, discover that poison has been used. Unwittingly Xh l directs suspicion on an innocent man, One Hunter. He then feels compelled to look for the real killer. Caught in the intrigues plaguing the royal court and sneered at because of his limp, Xh l begins a dangerous quest for truth. When the news come that mighty Tikal is launching a ferocious attack on Dos Pilas, the warriors ready themselves for combat. The lord of Dos Pilas wants to close the case of the murdered merchant and decides that One Hunter will be executed on the morning the army leaves for war. ...Unless Xh l unveils the truth in time.
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- ISBN-13: 9782930820019
- ISBN-10: 2930820012
- Publisher: Cecile Chabot
- Publish Date: January 2015
- Dimensions: 7.99 x 5 x 0.55 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 260
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