Download or read book In the Courts of the Sun written by Brian D'Amato and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by near-future apocalypse prophecies finds math prodigy and Maya descendant Jed DeLanda invited by his former mentor, Taro, to travel back in time into another person's life more than thirteen centuries earlier to learn about a "sacrifice game" that has been described in a newly discovered Mayan codex.