Overall, I loved this trilogy, which had such amazingly beautiful and intense descriptions of a Pre-Colombian world and what happens when different powers and religions intersect and collide. I still love here the relationships among the individuals who serve as avatars, but I wish that not every single main character had become The Chosen One (although I overall love Xiala's story). I miss the greyer morality of the other books as Serapio continues to move towards being a more straightforwardly good character. Although I loved spending time with each of these characters - and I really do love all of the final five (Okoa, Serapio, Naranpa, Iktan and Xiala) -- this third book had a significant amount of bloat, and a lot of loose threads were left untied, especially in Okoa's case (my personal favorite). Nonetheless, this is still among the most inventive, imaginative and compellings works in fantasy right now and a satisfying story about trying to find the humanity within the destiny.