The Sacrifice Game

THE SACRIFICE GAME

ALSO BY BRIAN D’AMATO

Beauty

In the Courts of the Sun

THE SACRIFICE GAME

BOOK II IN THE SACRIFICE GAME TRILOGY

Brian D’Amato

With Illustrations by the Author

DUTTON

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First printing, July 2012

Copyright © 2012 by Brian D’Amato

All illustrations, maps, glyph renderings, and other graphics are by Brian D’Amato.

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REGISTERED TRADEMARK—MARCA REGISTRADA

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

D’Amato, Brian.

The sacrifice game / Brian D’Amato.

p. cm.—(The sacrifice game trilogy ; bk. 2)

ISBN 978-1-101-58550-4

1. Time travel—Fiction. 2. Mayas—Prophecies—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3554.A4675S24 2012

813'.54—dc23

2011051637

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Contents

COVER

ALSO BY BRIAN D’AMATO

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

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A NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION

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APPENDIX

GLOSSARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR