A darkly beautiful fairy tale set in 1920s Mexico, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow melds fantasy with Maya mythology in a gorgeous story of quiet dreams, unexpected adventure and fratricidal gods. Living a quiet life of drudgery tending to the needs of her unkind grandfather in a drab, nowhere town, young Casiopea Tun keeps her hopes and dreams pragmatically simple. That all changes when she accidentally frees Hun-Kamé, the dethroned Mayan god of death, from where his spirit has been kept prisoner for decades. With her life bound to Hun-Kamé, the two of them embark on a quest to retrieve the dark and brooding god’s throne from his brother, an adventure that takes them from rural Yucatán to Mexico City and beyond.
