The Obsidian Princess and the Grandest Gardener

Is eternal love just another fantasy?

In the most ancient times, Mexica males covet the rebellious Princess Iztac, as does Trickster God Tezcatlipoca who connives to steal her body and soul. After her suitor war-hero Popo dies in battle, she sickens, her ebony hair and skin foretelling an eternity of torture by star-demon Tzitzis.

Eons later in 15th century Texcoco, gardener-geek Menq conjures fantastical hybrids, dreaming of becoming a Grand Gardener. To win an apprenticeship, the shy teen discovers he must solve 3 Enigmas, using his wits and clever hybrids. But before the lunar eclipse, he must also re-materialize mystical Iztac back into his world!

To defeat the Trickster God before he extinguishes the Fifth Sun and ends humankind, Iztac must regain her empathy, and Menq overcome self-doubt, and solve the third and last Enigma. In their supernatural showdown, the teens merge their auras by imbibing forbidden flowers that bend space/time to straddle the Nepantla Otherworld. The gods reward their self-sacrifice with a never-to-end, unusual kind of love in glorious Tezcozinco Gardens.