Crystal Rain — Tobias S. Buckell

Fisherman John deBrun is only half a man. Twenty-seven years ago, he washed up onto the tropical shores of Nanagada with no memory of his past. Although he has made a new life for himself, his soul remains haunted by questions of his own identity.

These mysteries take on new urgency when the fearsome Azteca storm over the Wicked High Mountains in search of fresh blood and hearts to feed their cruel, inhuman gods. Nanagada's only hope lies in a mythical artifact, the Ma Wi Jung, said to be hidden somewhere in the frozen north. And only John deBrun knows the device's secrets, even if he can't remember why or how!

Crystal Rain is the much-anticipated debut novel by one of science fiction's newest and most promising talents.