Years after escaping sacrifice, Jaguar Paw protects his family deep in the rainforest. Omen after omen—dead rivers, vanishing hunters, a dawn that burns red—points him to the coast, where iron‑clad strangers sail on floating mountains.

Their arrival fractures old rivalries into desperate alliances as greed and plague ignite a new kind of hunt. Guided by a stubborn healer and his father’s teachings, he faces raiders, warring clans, and a conscience torn between vengeance and shelter.

Vine traps meet thunder sticks, and a stolen child becomes the line he will not cross. Across obsidian ruins and river mazes, courage becomes his only map to tomorrow.