The Warrior King

by Wendy Murray

"In the land of Maya, nothing is as it seems." The story of journalist Lucy Shaw unfolds in the exotic location of the Maya ruins in Copan, Honduras. A well-known international journalist, she has been given the assignment to report on the recent discovery of a royal tomb believed to be the remains of the founding king of the Maya dynasty at Copan. From the start, mystery and calamity surround her assignment. The complex, changing characters in the novel are forced to wrestle with the meaning of ritual, the implications of human sacrifice and a romance gone bad. Love, lies and improbable twists leave the reader perplexed until the end.Author Wendy Murray, a seasoned, award-winning and well-traveled journalist, lived in Honduras for four years where she worked as the regional reporter for Time Magazine. She traveled to Copan numerous times to report the discoveries recounted in this novel, interviewing extensively the team of archaeologists on site. Her work has taken her also to the jungles of Peru where she visited and reported on an Amazonian tribe. She has woven both experience into this exotic and captivating novel. It is her eleventh book.

308 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2010

About the author

Murray launched her career in the writing industry 25 years ago, starting as a freelance writer for a local paper. Her work immediately caught the eye of major media outlets resulting in her serving as a regional reporter for Time magazine in the early 1990s. Thereafter she worked for 10 years with a national magazine, first as an editor and staff writer, and later as Senior Writer. She has published 10 books through mainstream publishing houses.

Her eleventh book and debut novel, came out in Jan. 2011 and won favorable reviews.
She has taught journalism, feature writing, and screenplay writing at the college level for several years; has published memoirs, fiction and nonfiction books.

Ecco Qua Press crowns her life-long career as a writer and journalist.

Reviews

[Autumn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I actually give this 2.5-3 stars not 2. This novel gives a lot of background to the culture which I thoroughly enjoyed and found fascinating. The struggling "relationship" between the two main characters was a bit lacking but by the end they did figure it all out. All in all it was a good and quick read.

[Malcolm Barber]

Excellent. I greatly enjoyed ‘The Warrior King'. I was first introduced to the Mayas through the French ethnologist, Michel Peissel, when he wrote about his exploration of coast of Quintana Roo in 1958 – ‘The Warrior King brings the Mayas to life again.