{"product_id":"hall-of-mirrors","title":"Hall of Mirrors","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 3 of The Coil Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe dead do not rest. They journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003ePrivate investigator Néstor Buñuel has spent five years trying to forget what he witnessed—a man pulled back from the edge of Mictlán by something that should not exist. He never crossed the threshold himself. But he got close enough to know that the Aztec lords of the underworld were watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhen Steven Puttock—the Night Drinker, convicted of two ritual murders and suspected of many more—requests a final interview from his cell at Otisville federal prison, Néstor agrees. It's a mistake that will cost him everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDuring a catastrophic blackout inside the facility, both men are plunged into Mictlán. Not as symbols. Not as particles of light. As flesh and blood, in a place where no living body should exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eInside the nine levels of the ancient Mexica underworld, time moves differently. Months pass. Maybe years. Néstor and his most dangerous adversary are forced to journey together—deeper and deeper toward something called the Hall of Mirrors—while back in a fracturing, surveilled, dystopian America, the world Néstor left behind is already burning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow long can you survive in the underworld before it becomes the only world you know?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Coil Series reading order:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e13 Secret Cities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e9 Lords of Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHall of Mirrors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e Cesar Torres is the creator of the Aztecverse—a dark fantasy multiverse rooted in Mexica cosmology and queer identity. They are the author of the How to Kill a Superhero saga and The Coil Series. Find them at cesartorres.me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order ships July 8, 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cesar Torres | Queer Futurist, Novelist and Worldbuilder","offers":[{"title":"E-Book","offer_id":52059448836327,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52059448869095,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed Paperback","offer_id":52059448901863,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/4278\/2439\/files\/hall-of-mirrors_90929a52-4115-4f38-a4e7-2b5e35e6deec.jpg?v=1773775458","url":"https:\/\/cesartorres.me\/products\/hall-of-mirrors","provider":"Cesar Torres |  Author and Creator of the Aztecverse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}