Nine Jaguar-Feather

In the sacred city of Axcanan, the time of the Chosen has come again.The sky-god and the goddess of the dark night waters require sacrifices.For Clever Sun-Fox and his twin sister, Red Flower Hummingbird, it is an honor.For Ulli, twinless slave to the temple priest, it is a terrible duty that will reveal a more terrible truth.Ten years ago two children went missing and were presumed to be victims of a satanic ritual. Police charged the antisocial brother of one of the victims with the crime, but the real culprit's still on the loose. The approaching anniversary prompts the killer to strike again, but there's a private investigator who's beginning to ask the right questions about what happened a decade earlier. The killer discovers that he's being hunted, and decides to do whatever it takes to stay hidden. Lincoln Pierce always wanted to be a private detective, but his life didn't end up the way he expected. His daughter's debilitating disease forced him to make some questionable decisions, and he's been paying for them ever since. He's determined to make the most of a bad situation, and has started looking into a case that could change his entire career, if he doesn't get killed in the process.