Out of Xibalba - Paperback

by Liz Coley (Author)

December 21, 2012

According to Mayan legend, the human age is scheduled to end today. That's what the Belizean tour guide tells Michelle's family as they paddle canoes out of the solstice sun and deep into the mysterious, dark cave system. The Earth trembles. The cave crumbles. Michelle is thrown back in time, away from everything she knows and everyone she loves, into an ancient world of palace politics, bloody warfare, and human sacrifice. Men Ch'o, second son of the ruler of a small Mayan city-state, has always stood in the shadow of his elder brother, but the unexpected arrival of the goddess Ix Chel in human form will shift the fulcrum of power and upset the balance of his heart.

The unlikely intersection of their lives just might change everything.

Author Biography

Author Liz Coley remembers the teen years more vividly than she remembers what she had for breakfast. Her stories feature teens creating lives of consequence, teens whose choices make a difference for themselves, for others, and even for the world. Strangely enough (or not) adults love reading these stories, too. Liz's latest novel, psychological thriller Pretty Girl-13 releases March, 2013. Her short stories, all science fiction/fantasy, have appeared in several collections as well Cosmos Magazine. Please visit at lizcoley.com and LCTeen.com.