Child of the Snows
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"Anthropologist Thomas Besom's historical novel traces the last year in the life of a 16th century Inkan child chosen for ritual sacrifice. Accompanied by his parents, priests, and administrators, K'uchi-Wara walks from his alpaca-raising home village through many parts of the empire to the mountain chosen for his sacrifice. He sees cities and temples, arid cultures and fertile, makes friends with camel drivers and other "chosen" children, while his parents grow increasingly certain that they cannot stop the display of Inkan power which the ritual embodies. The novel is rooted in the 1954 disc...
"Anthropologist Thomas Besom's historical novel traces the last year in the life of a 16th century Inkan child chosen for ritual sacrifice. Accompanied by his parents, priests, and administrators, K'uchi-Wara walks from his alpaca-raising home village through many parts of the empire to the mountain chosen for his sacrifice. He sees cities and temples, arid cultures and fertile, makes friends with camel drivers and other "chosen" children, while his parents grow increasingly certain that they cannot stop the display of Inkan power which the ritual embodies. The novel is rooted in the 1954 discovery of a child's body entombed on Cerro El Plomo near Santiago, Chile"--
