Against Nature (novel)

Against Nature is the first Faction Paradox novel from Obverse Books, and was written by Lawrence Burton.

Publisher's summary
Every fifty-two years, the God Xiuhtecuhtli – incarnate for the purpose as a young Mexica male – would give himself in sacrifice in order that the universe should be renewed and the passage of time would continue as it had done before. Those born to other cultures and other eras might be forgiven for their failure to appreciate this great and selfless act.

It was therefore strange that such a profound understanding should arise in one so far removed from the heart of this world, both veteran and victim of the terrible, endless war in heaven, a man the Mexica knew briefly as Coahualxiu bearing a death wish the size of creation...

Plot
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East

 * Primo Acamapichtli Isleño de la Vega

North

 * Todd Calavero
 * Lorraine Conti

West

 * Emioushameddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Laethynrisameddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Gedarrameddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Thraenrellismeddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Pyrhentanameddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Dorhirameddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Rothismeddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Lavellmeddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Insoleanismeddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Arvenmeddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Nurismeddhoran vel-Xianthellipse
 * Rhodenetmeddhoran vel-Xianthellipse

South

 * Momacani
 * Tlohtoxcatl
 * Atonal
 * Matlacoatl
 * Icnopilli

Centre

 * Goralschaixianthellipse

Continuity

 * Goralschai is a veteran of the First Wave of House Military. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House Meddhoran has an amaranth. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet)
 * Dreaming in Tlalocan, Primo sees a masked wrestler talking to a small boy. (PROSE: The Five Faces of Fear)
 * Primo and Todd live in a period shortly after humanity's Ghost Point. (PROSE: This Town Will Never Let Us Go)
 * Tlohtoxcatl describes Yauhtloc failing to distinguish a foreigner from a sacred visitation. (TV: The Aztecs)
 * Icnopilli is a noted Ixtilli. (PROSE: The Unwoken Princess)
 * Lorraine Conti had also gone by the titles "Olympia" (PROSE: Newtons Sleep) and "the Immaculata". (PROSE: The Book of the War)