The Broken Circle

by Anna Castle

Ix Cahum finds a way to tend her bees and keep her small world turning after Spaniards and plague sweep destruction across the Maya lands.

21 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 29, 2019

About the author

Anna Castle writes the Francis Bacon mysteries and the Professor & Mrs. Moriarty mysteries. She has earned a series of degrees -- BA in the Classics, MS in Computer Science, and a Ph.D in Linguistics -- and has had a corresponding series of careers -- waitressing, software engineering, grammar-writing, assistant professor, and archivist. Writing fiction combines her lifelong love of stories and learning. She physically resides in Austin, Texas and mentally counts herself a queen of infinite space.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Conil, Yucaton in 1546 Ix Cahum has learned to survive in her village after many deaths from disease bought on by the invaders, and death of her husband in the many wars between the Mayas.
An interesting short story

[Helen Hollick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has received a Discovering Diamonds Review:
Helen Hollick
founder #DDRevs
"A truly delicious short story giving us a glimpse into the lives of the Maya in sixteenth-century Yucatan."