Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Beyond the Serpent's Heart
Beyond the Serpent's Heart
Beyond the Serpent's Heart
Ebook597 pages6 hours

Beyond the Serpent's Heart

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Nothing ruins a first date like a kidnapping and learning you're the Mayan god destined to destroy the world.

Pakál, raised in the U.S. by his refugee mother, ignores the Mexican kids who taunt him for being Indio and the Anglo kids who shun him. He stoically pursues his version of the American dream – a good college, a law degree, and enough money to support his mother and marry the gringo girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, he is the incarnation of the Mayan god Nohochacum, and it is his job to battle the serpent of avarice in a one-on-one smack down that will cause the end of the world on Dec. 21st, 2012. Not all gods think it’s a good idea to end the world (and give up the worshipers that will end with it). Pakál must deal with his mother’s past, his family demons (divine and human), and a pantheon of gods unlike anything the U.S. school system ever suggested possible. In the end, he must accept his mythic nature, duty, and family in order to overcome the serpent of avarice and set the world on a path that will avert disaster at the end of the Mayan calendar.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 2, 2011
ISBN9781452490878
Beyond the Serpent's Heart
Author

Eric Witchey

Eric M. Witchey has made a living as a freelance writer for over 25 years. His stories have appeared in ten genres on six continents, and he has received recognition from New Century Writers, Writers of the Future, Writer's Digest, The Eric Hoffer Prose Award program, the Irish Aeon Awards, Short Story America, and other organizations. His How-To articles have appeared in The Writer Magazine, Writer's Digest Magazine, and other print and online magazines. When not teaching or writing, he spends his time fly fishing or restoring antique, model locomotives.

Read more from Eric Witchey

Related to Beyond the Serpent's Heart

Related ebooks

Fantasy For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Beyond the Serpent's Heart

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Beyond the Serpent's Heart - Eric Witchey

    cbook_preview_excerpt.html}ɒ$Gr8ir(R ()"t" (3y|DI{jn ]Y??l^?wTB \?O\|[{ߕpԇw 嫶X6bQBn]S|U|Ӵ\/2SlDpy~w(͂?P?>_XǢ8aanp*B_6s9` r 6VE\bb 4.Cy0ui ^?N.UrWYsqz~nF^|;LKnKk硭MgaX<]Dž/0Bh7v^Ӱko\ !yKݔ`tY,5W^0*rmEL1쾞X.>.#{Iݎy(ȠXa: V׹(cs 2bbX|ir|ixiM15Fh#m8c)b_x6_jYcC_\dPKJvjPޟP6̧+yW*]kGt2Ca=^?ԍږ*sS1 4q:cX h߸A޾=p)lITNxvi, zGgaE!A#jE^bĒ yAf ^e.c| qf$aU愍9 TTF{KJ}}@% Ȥ-ŕc4,L6mTJ\/0= ߶tz߼#t1sA9_k/$,>_'̋R-gx#u\5eV)HXe>8D}岝|a0(m:w Pv.:#-}vo+ڵ;@5 >t#^)ndFrEȆVCyQR&m$g2A8eE.dz94 2OY{gD -6عE\oܷW_"caL2 9{dDZ Lcfƒuq}Fi-Dg> v[MރA|F:>h3{Sֶ}_!lEɮ MrZ?uA6'3b A:+@E dЪƨ#TEmCr.7#H*ܲKU4l4S(3 2\hCHJ/\ 3~$s#εDn W᪫.S bj`jl0r[Ǫ 0t+d2̳R#hU8 , V qU@ᖢ-Xds/L:Rfƍufvs۱F _ C9 ?(4K8'.cOἆJ A)Ȏ:* 3WJl% {6ỷrV28ƉC?$*4޹2:-*8 AUv#P ܶ_\W2à%wJ#7$ D"W;P;wC/rZ0I1bBbo݊<# yC͚V'3^ks!k~":^⭈Ǧ]goeDE6Q+w1ا]KQ QL(}?L!qz Ǜ{[v :`%FD/*;^M8'Ymwى'rle}j -|6{F)3~Bwj*&^BF)Pc(ЃەQF0o?<=_ә4 dazJiQE@z,$k9]IT @РKWbSU>(m`Qf>fr)yA|+ޣD56UΈnZe'HLer1xSSjAWp%DZNssѴ`y6{m<",cK9n1j?ϟ0TzLT`O|Z%Q q~g /2@%'!)􅭸ܗDtTATQ Ruxšl~:B!m~ LoTP(1++ĔY)N V/bOBZl8 kd^?~#?CԵU"WWuƮJ1(B?-W45H# 7.Q-bm8]he0/PV±⨦NqV`;|7Ǿm):VܛHҏ/숈܈I :s H"7OtK@W]rZJA!`ʞ tfZ=NO %'Ѕ̓h ǁdZ`,] {IXGb3a[ Yv֥K{9a 7 q 7)XYx-d5XHLOQ;lo;>F(@y?'~6t܀&)'e㞚 Q:ר8 \\e"ShOs/I 㙴A5vAV͈f+d<\&a}ehR<`9ԠQIܥ3?Q2O,1_3Duxl96:φfkBKǴA`{R Tȸ\[d=-0TsltO >*o>ը\z"/QْD|pNŔm!3 "Qbb1+(^tBϲH@|"7|~@ ]3' 8,ݿCS?H~SЍn՝,~Oc+3-h}T`ٱy!#1"0t厍s}޲ fæ0mбga4,'0Z 8s#TXv.E3Oܙ{WmФbZx??fICe@l*w0ϼObl*½$6"egꍙ[A$dK&, 򧆎,!fdЧ7iԯA OԛߊKswqL*.~ b65}P%goz]yҀF/¨AYœ.$h!Tԇ?q?t4kTq@xr-ʖL#򞧛hf;@!*Q-0uFj9IhgBYe(aJ񇖶d~9- StR &~=`gGOF,5k/{(Դ>bWu-ŭݵBf| &*z0. [2#TrrҨp4sxuU g| nD;_` F/@㨚,N8d@ge4 WHVׄBO,Ebo;_n,0vCҫ7; L_k M?fŽd)Y6o!hSMtLߖy;-416ط=;EM"'!N0s7FL04D-ʅmYBfCqjʝ,PlwC03X (1jV =,(4ˁFNT S&a>(2gc- չܶ@&uc4J{o,`Ib9Q4,S  lN"E;B=YMxۮG*fv"%+iΩ 洹9Iq ߫I{ l<@}>Cs]c=޲5 .[~Ȯ|{출MHtu%jӭg^eϒ&t&9S6MrGqLЏ sl!G~756u/@ʋՓOnf( Cabضw.G ZdMd$9 '5+xtc.沆)CIU=)# 5v]Bcӣ[1eU6.@uD RҜ5K HN'L/g{fL MUMEx|+.p{b# t?!3s,#Ʃiퟢ8rW4; Q?&M_nNaBeR–g.hZ4]'[m*4K͓0xE,¹ (\,|!5{rU'a)@ͲyAԮ@!3eJ]nAM: [҅0WoIĩϩ/ 5Nu(:{v*zN׷E' 쩣J^5ZY|:iEcћj+ʉWA5LJqMwj5,j%T "ٯz@R&&aH6>Bqih9F?m|%Lg&( Q-f>jvN{~o_qW P4B PdOpjo-[-3Cv7pl6<@n[,"rc6c"7sMUGn/=ddi/ cc_0 $"; LeKd 1N;AqC}PklP9br#_6sI[a Fad5]b&ât _ʟ TM} 8*ġdA X4:]r8Qr+)(`|s r kBSK,i|7b<$_AC VG:͜J:!~R5 CҰCZKD=5`$Ѡ6O7[V$^?Y*AB a<Ϥ>%!hhEԍBY- @4Bb@T=x. e41Κksd &Xم DE}P|[&;׆Ş2@˄~\d[2aU g$w/:H);K J:k%f8p̂?哑y3+2>6Jca,YI̢>+ #KI:H}V>!֤c>".X0VQ ;O)/H;ri(bhYlY ~j#DoCInm"bۚ` -EDr@B4h1UMiZOpMS@&%z`PPãf AJ~$LcK"xf;|%1 _&vh1rQ[}5fm⋣!CىѡOb.V'h]佉sр4eu&A᨞;"[:|sph=s ]읠$&M?sjK7Ĵt \)5"M@ϺLn|$ 42L,Iu:(nlg2+D/D)PzqB!~9b&j2 E0E}2%V6-N@>GY" y-B&sA(c,&eeE3´sC驱j`؂#hzܸ/=ciE{7`: rԁ!;=G`dk`R'6}muNc+ .szV%4⧲gKOoPMìOclvSB) @,S T4!IDnּsZ"aG'+'ˮ Uk~Pҕ (Wb-3SQAw [U#"Ej( afW'v'2 8sU"|J71W-}q|VZMZ˄1{Çl@^a @Y G9dpsf(2g#(Y40HOv#ZE'-ME-p(@CT? LLZkU.M9#Ќ6YgEbY7FeBb7Q.<̚3wn^f &P Ra?D0ɠW66 $c˯d=_vgHHjI BWe N.4`?rL &#+|#f0%XpW 8wgɜrLwLzﭮݛ|ER<U) yb]cm$bBTj7TJFzBb_M  }/ 6x:_\75{ v&;V'h 0Zgȁ﹦e0IZE{&'hUyiZ[4\pqj2ҳ9$n%b dͩ5el\ɢ,0EZ+x UGxty&c_\ԛ|%OeUkn+ӘMx1])O>b^4j Hb iYf` OJtjpA(9V7/mpnRbA ÞWbkk(g 7b8$rJi 8x [pG4~"6b$^2g0jMVرZslV,mⶫPď0xD** P,|?1=]ʖ^Zk2-h8dLMBS= C ؈lY'_6i^r"z # q/Ky':0ʴhL[uŽ^-p Ԇ7esNb—*Kg>B|ScǡG9M=lY۷heC+h^-ܠhQ@bܞ"lpc_VV݁q XVά9(iDĺD8Z7(/l.Μ}6m銂1urR|TE2r*^3#-yd; 5"rNeB+˝H|Od>zǾcyp Vnԋp(͖KSQ9Z)Es_mWdszb tR(c:XPݠy=K+M;6KjˡPrw#uAf]V5gi+?5h@N[*q8,*bw2杶UXيIDL,4Z{#dFݝ`´Qw:=f|0oqfӋ%7j8>v9c @RrFSfZg>XjW[2/YXg7*d^a=ƸRq\M+ܾ;"&n/b[v=\MH΢eyղ ލ̼,A;mX:>ϴiU[ϫVm}P?˃gsӐg `lnUQGP {M@>gw!V ]`ia"K1CE°1+nw2>Z}DEV{ maҏXhOcvI-+ \!񆭇jw.?ë^`]Cj%&M,F,@3 im" yx W v/RXo-E346IXX\teqe_Л͋m$ږ:SIZ hVW xZ8eir,qI^ֱFp)d4?l1 `rVFs՘h–oѯm9xW %yZ R (Q9GsB)kj]Xv$CF6o!bXاIPI6yL4o'te,>308u6 lLjb^όxʇ ]to@~ Zy!^KMe=Igfqe޲k8i 0jRw&B`N`<3*Bx|Yv8_tq~®)ά 0yku-#0xd9m@> )@A<-?Yg@g֥fYIKvtJ7uM]ok4p)Ѩ A][A*x׆cYe \CNu(GyՒ'5:&rvV#P;%0"TOJyd5"Alhm"WUǵ‡И鹃]Q&V7=@вg%3N0f0ja6ՆMR=U"rؒ)az;*Gpz6I$ڷH?Qvy2SkxOJ*kq&X뿺>8ozm*Y+툡͋e4"}D-}iX"\lD-atE4O'UzvU@߬)VD\m L2Q߼?<ͫwOosŷY0[ ;.[E'~ŅNAD`kjBӶcV I"+M.| T(i񒥽,@ 4Ook imuB>T=Vcj+yy2? B561atOJG[m0mV`2EZܴb}RvEjza7ΚJÂ_-Qwj~1H*t;mh,ŖҜExu:GFdoѺS3YȊXὝ3C_-M _Vh|{=ZKV)ב,!:5jݱ픻Xy`;E}2 ^825r Vv4ΎH*l״&[ix駂m30‹-x-j'fX6 ìZ-)f>2ôcѻ+zz4ago]B1֖2%(hCa߻DH=gi0EސgI\oavHd$|ҿUl"/jfڑ, S \YMv,We8z$CfoC*fPF" @+ڡRkVy4M7?0OD 7VlT@MVH*.Oh;k[/lij'wP )A@TU<ji5s O )>@;kF"i}F/26%iP ѽMQ-ǘdkf"bE|wVn߮J}@1'Nz>yUkк_J;䡠1~T5?H;}$vh*Z)V~@&ȊrsHF*aW( NU@`G/MB:8`Qۯ}TF(@F,۝e!<Tdu񃥣V("uьvb8cX铈SeəAi2fЩ%^ղ#+ `Sοx.9jkxǵ՛E=ZI ebZ,pTI HAn` CҠv<#,+fef8['+Wf)<25gygmkX:W SNg$pR@:ADݪ UޠaNJ޵uլ*z| {bfЙ> a}u, un9xvd CXnjU pvEν~(/OWFֵ> tڍ0=d-?H\Kṑ4Q=ӯAYycPYXdgfQ lGP";ln^88I!u39D{KڴH$aa:es9r1|3=Zhr7-ˣ-kn)\LK:JVα/o)jC6n!e~&k Rx=?$9h{)lz|T*(N&ycHݑt h QZBV+0d|yeW١Z;D ]zy * MU ͔:4U[9%9ͳZCEu7ܺ?zc.tw{6MVYOkzTfYl8/Ī,&m' "9U.vnV[ԁL; P|L5uK&۸[ o<*mpH%XjIhvܛ fܵDZp'iZ@qȏ ږGdcГho\@4:4tv&9*:'A6+N젌!Nj=ڻ@ͼVhuOv<%gܛVZe B:6OXyqeYc2Z_rfǥ~;͠. lgu/)*_m[[g[yTD lK J;h587s,.cFxݞ<O7]P 4QN8Б$&5_P Vfv^I~s1`ӁDfDe+ ,x{>Ue[tSxqc'X IJ,OB,bG0tvv,4R@t&{ƊqQ'TX ģ7t>Ask^&7{hU/`&'eўXOgȓUZlv` $8Nޏ'MdF;AKRL'vu/@kVnPI]p,KHr`ѬC"aR]6VfxJ+8 3~6"eKMŤP׮ƾ ־%klNN;RX+Bf(~JPWJ F:BPfʓKL)ݨk,á8XNxUyM^5X?j0^5z)\7LMbDZt_t"f]rxSbweAI>lcS+]Ce컬 y(wtbֳkyZ4=(Qw J^t¼dޚil`EBүܢrάx\^4qۉ0V;pn Zy)TU1پD; yGoܷ7\| -֮(23~,dP}^z5C G^-Ӯ{$u-q4u٢q_:s?y[Uc9Py@a9m7o 0Bg{xV~&#.Dh}0%Rji¢x^|xY^`{ξڤ#aY ^ll6}놥vє{ ikX z=+ 5R|( Ӊ$R6+f7?Y}28tyr33iM}Eq9zLx V넵x KoSHv(jH1fGb^ ;M;ęL hxvUϫ-&[Sk!С?updAK^'>]FOj&Bipo@z27gVK43A5V*wMJW"Qho~hL}&H&1A]qO9q]t]I H( U2ml*q/MƧ<'6cN⑁x@.Ifo*`!reP# -]o(.K..@%gn縻Pkyq`rj,5>lV(럡:n>t`NR:lšJAD5X Df ?*nMعdTC< ֐$}!Ū6<bI3nORuRuBRŷ7҇K#h[k(V̜ ,r٪iK3 bP~tT-VʿP+ySI:{iR=Dq x}Fxe\/k8y=(!)rzyjzc)qwg?<-!\ivL*Uy:NyjKXb:95{4%iO ;)I+({Pmu|hF/Ɵ?jS)Hǻ5ks:ۗ7FܞVL6Z|oN 'uުu m)[M{q /g jnAf8؍¬)%tkk#fsajM=COC=ՉAJD®6myҬf<:@˕5Ro.!9zu="yYw}o .Ժ_݃6cjl jOA>d3pm,
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1