Against Nature is a book written by Lawrence Burton. Released in 2013, it is the first book in Obverse's Faction Paradox series and tells of the War of Heaven's impact on the Mexica.
Characters[]
- Xiutecuhtli
- Goralschai (or Coalhualxiu)
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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...
Full summary[]
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In-universe continuity[]
- House Medhorran is said to have an amaranth. These devices were first introduced in Lawrence Miles' Doctor Who novel Christmas on a Rational Planet.
- The Ghost Point is mentioned. This concept was introduced in The Book of the War and also featured in Lawrence Miles' novel This Town Will Never Let Us Go, Daniel O'Mahony's novel Newtons Sleep, Andrew Hickey's novel Head of State, and Jayce Black's short story A Bloody (and Public) Domaine.
- Yauhtloc is presumably Autloc from the Doctor Who serial The Aztecs.
- Primo sees the figures of Señor 105 and Rodrigo Villar while dreaming.
- Icnopilli also appears in Lawrence Burton's short story The Unwoken Princess.
- Lorraine Conti is presumably Formosii.
See also[]
- Smoking Mirror by Lawrence Burton