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Everett and Courtney Carroll have endured to the midpoint of the Great Tribulation. The previous Seal and Trumpet Judgments have left the planet in shambles. The western hemisphere is nearly uninhabitable. The prophet Elijah gives Everett a special mission, which will give him a unique role in fulfilling end-times prophecy, but he'll have to survive the coming cataclysms first.

Now that news of Horus' treachery is in the open, a time of testing has come. Some Legions have already declared their allegiance to the Warmaster while the loyalty of others lies firmly with the Emperor. As Horus deploys his forces, loyalist Astartes learn that a massive Wordbearers fleet is heading to Ultramar, home of the Ultramarines. Unless they can intercept the fleet, and destroy the mighty battleship that has been sent to reinforce it, the Ultramarines may suffer a blow from which they will never recover.

México, finales del siglo XVI. Desde su niñez, la falsa beata Crisanta Cruz y el indio apóstata Tlacotzin, desarrollaron una férrea voluntad de sobrevivir y una refinada malicia para burlarse de sus opresores. Ellos son la columna vertebral de una hilarante intriga novelesca que desnuda los vicios privados y las virtudes públicas de la sociedad colonial: la teatralidad del misticismo, los laberintos barrocos del deseo reprimido, el culto clandestino de los Dioses prehispánicos, la sórdida lucha por el poder entre las órdenes religiosas...