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Alexander C. Irvine makes a strong debut with A Scattering of Jades, a novel that can be read with equal validity as fantasy, alternate history, or secret history. In 1835, an attempted human sacrifice goes awry, sparking a fire that consumes much of Manhattan and destroys journalist Archie Prescott's home and family. Stephen Bishop, a slave exploring a Kentucky cave system, discovers a peculiar Aztec mummy that seems, sometimes, to move. A complex conspiracy involving Aaron Burr, P.T. Barnum, Tammany Hall, Irish gangsters, and a traveling medicine man will bring together Archie, Stephen, an accursed girl who may be Archie's daughter, and ferocious Aztec deities in the underworld of Mammoth Cave, in an epic struggle that will determine the fate of the earth. --Cynthia Ward Read More

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  • Product Description

    The great fire of 1835 burned most of New York Cityâ??s wooden downtown and, like many others, Archie Prescott thinks heâ??s lost all thatâ??s dear to him. His home is a smoldering ruin and his wife is dead--and next to her body is a childâ??s corpse he assumes was his daughter. It seems as though itâ??s the end of everything...

    But it is only the beginning. In the midst of ancient magic, murderous conspiracies, and a crafty Mesoamerican demon-god who is plotting the end of humanity, Archie finds himself with the power to save the worldâ??or drown it in sacrificial blood.

  • 0765340984
  • 9780765340986
  • Alexander C. Irvine
  • 1 July 2003
  • Tor Books
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 416
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