2012/17: Servant of the Underworld -- Aliette de Bodard

Servant of the Underworld -- Aliette de Bodard

This wasn't, had never been about me. This was about the dead Jaguar warriors and the dying Emperor; about the peasants in their flooded fields; about the myriad small priests who didn't engage in politics, but sought the well-being of their flock. "You have seen the rain," I said softly. "There is a child in Tenochtitlan: a child who is no more a child, but the living embodiment of Tlaloc's will. He seeks to remake the Fifth World in His image." (p. 308)

( non-spoilery review )