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Great Barrel
Paperback
Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: Bobcat Press
Published: May 4 2026
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
They built a perfect city.
They built it on a lie.
Hidden deep in a seventeenth-century rainforest, the isolated city of Tizoc survives on faith, fear, and a mysterious engine that never stops. Its people worship the Feathered Serpent God-while a ruthless High Priest controls what they believe.
No one questions the system.
Until a girl walks out of fire alive.
Angie was meant to die. Instead, she becomes a miracle-and a weapon. Branded the Goddess of Death, she is imprisoned, worshipped, and used to tighten the grip of tyranny.
But miracles come with consequences.
Her father, Mers, risks everything to save her. Betrayal spreads through the city. Allies are poisoned. Truth is twisted. And in one tragic moment, everything is lost.
Then the god descends.
As illusions collapse and long-buried truths rise to the surface, the people of Tizoc must decide:
remain in fear-or fight for freedom.
Blending mythology, dystopian tension, and emotional depth, this is a powerful story of belief, control, and awakening-where faith can imprison, and truth can destroy everything.
Perfect for fans of myth-inspired fantasy, philosophical fiction, and stories of rebellion against oppressive systems.
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