Our Lady of American Sorrows

By Jay Lake

Release Date: 2010-05-14
Genre: Sci-Fi Short Stories

Description

A novella of alternate history, nuclear threat and religion from award-winning speculative fiction writer Jay Lake. Mayan magic, Papal politics, and the grinding burdens of colonial life meet in this retelling of the Cuban missile crisis in a very different version of Central America.

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