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An exploding sea mine cuts short John Eyre’s career as an oil rig diver and his romance with Rachel.

He will never be himself again.

Roaming Central America, he answers a rescue call from a stolen Mayan trickster god and a fantastical mission begins.

His allies for the risky adventure are a reluctant Rachel, fellow lodgers from a London guest house, and a girl with a unique jade ball.

novel ~ 545 pages

 
“He went fishing,” wheezed the gentleman from South London. “All the way across town to the river. He was so bloody huge, he’d limp and lurch along faster than anyone else could walk.”

“He was very big, very ugly and very silent,” added Kayam. “Well, not so much ugly as disfigured. Pretty, he wasn’t.”

“Now and then he’d smell of something like meaty old boots,” said the Scotsman from behind thick, dark glasses.

“He read thirteen newspapers every day and never gave no trouble,” declared their landlady.