The Silver Chains: Rebellion in Zacatecas - Softcover

Cortés Ruiz, Hugo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 106968516X ISBN 13: 9781069685162

Verlag: Mesh Studios Inc., 2026

Inhaltsangabe

In the blood-soaked hills of 16th-century New Spain, the silver that builds an empire also forges the chains of a people. But some chains are meant to be broken.

Juan Cortés is a ruthless Spanish encomendero, master of the Zacatecas silver mines, whose wealth is built on the backs of the enslaved. Yet the ghosts of those he has crushed haunt his waking hours, driving him toward a dangerous reckoning with his own conscience.

Nopaltzin is a young Chichimeca boy whose world is destroyed when Spanish steel and fire consume his village. Dragged into the suffocating darkness of the mines, he survives not as a broken slave, but as a shadowy strategist known only as the Weaver—a mind that turns whispers, routes, and stolen knowledge into a rebellion that confounds Spain’s most seasoned commanders.

Caught between these two worlds is María de la Vega, Juan’s wife, a noblewoman who learns to wield influence as a weapon, navigating the treacherous politics of the Viceroyalty to protect the one thing she cannot afford to lose: her son.

From the brutal depths of the silver mines to the gilded halls of the Viceroy’s palace, The Silver Chains is a sweeping saga of resistance, complicity, and redemption. As a rebellion born of desperation threatens to tear apart the foundations of empire, three lives will collide in a struggle that will decide the fate of a continent.

Perfect for readers of epic historical fiction who seek unflinching portrayals of conquest, Indigenous resistance, and the enduring human drive to fight for dignity and freedom.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Mesh Studios Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 106968516X
• ISBN 13: 9781069685162
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 307
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