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Art
Art history
Artifacts
Author_Leopoldo Gout
Aztec
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Creepy
Cursed
Dark
Deities
Disease
Drugs
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forthcoming
Gods
Haunted
Herbal medicine
Hispanic
Latino
Latinx author
Leopold Gout
Leopoldo Gout
Leopoldo Grout
Life and death
Mayan
Mexican horror
Mexico city
Modern
Museums
Mushrooms
necromancer
Possession
Psychedelics
Repatriation
Self medication
Suspenseful
Traditional remedies
Twisted
Witch doctors
Product details
- ISBN 9781250781529
- Dimensions: 137 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Tor Nightfire
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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There’s nothing wrong with Aurora.
A successful art lawyer, she has returned to Mexico to celebrate a recent campaign for the repatriation of stolen artifacts—in particular a mysterious statue of an Aztec god, The Flayed One.
But Mexico City isn’t as she remembered. Nothing is. Elements of her past hint at darkness and power, and reality begins to crack and warp the streets.
There’s nothing wrong with Aurora.
As Aurora’s sanity unravels, she must pry apart her family’s secrets and accept the simplest of truths: The Flayed One cannot stay buried.
“It wields all the destructive fury of a flayed god determined to avenge centuries’ worth of colonial devastation and greed..”–Cynthia Gómez, Ignyte-nominated author of Muñeca
Leopoldo Goût is a multidisciplinary artist, internationally published author, and Emmy-nominated producer. Born in Mexico City and trained at London’s renowned Central Saint Martins School of Art, Gout is known for blending memory, cultural legacy, and speculative visions of the future in his deeply personal and globally resonant works. His critically acclaimed novels include the Genius trilogy, Ghost Radio, Monarca, and Piñata, which was named one of Esquire’s Top 10 Horror Novels of 2023.
