Serpent and Storm (Paperback, 1st Mass Market Ed)

A Mayan youth was cursed with an unlucky name from birth. From a vision given to his mother, Sky Knife is pledged to honor whatever destiny the gods have decreed. He is to be sent to the distant city-kingdom of Teotihuacan, to bring greetings and to reopen diplomatic ties with these strange people. From missed meetings to strange guides, corrupt counselors to a bizarre court, Sky Knife feels his world shafting dangerously out of balance.
And when the Teotihuacan king is killed and bad luck seems to descent upon this kingdom, it is left to Sky Knife to solve the riddle of his death.
Or he will be slaughtered in the killer's stead.