Captive

About the Book

Thrown into life in a strange city, Mati, a young village girl, finds herself trapped in a battle between two empires, one thirsting for blood, the other for gold. With nothing to gain from this war, she must fight to survive so that she can escape the city with her life. The longer she stays, the more she learns about a world she knew nothing of. Life is driven by death, and death is driven by the gods. But when the gods are taken away, all that is left is humanities’ fight for salvation. Only, for Mati, that salvation must be found in the shadows of an enemy’s crumbling empire.

About the Author

Emily Vance is an honors graduate with a degree in anthropology. In her studies, she gained a passion for humanities’ interest in the supernatural. During her years in school, she studied everything from vampirism to ancient religions, including Aztec cosmology. After hearing of the conquest, she took an interest in the unique events that led to Cortes’s victory. After finishing school, she continued researching the Aztecs before she decided to incorporate their world and ideals into a historical fiction, her first novel. Emily lives in Utah with her husband, Jim, the love of her life. She has three beautiful stepdaughters and an amazing family to support her.