The Jacket
The Way of Endless Water is a sweeping tale of revolt, faith, and the clash of ancient powers, bringing the epic fantasy genre out of Northern Europe and into the deserts, jungles, and bustling cities of Latin America.
In the newly formed Republic of Temictlan, real power belongs not to the government, but to the United Silver Company, whose monopoly on the sacred silver mines has left the country impoverished and divided. When striking miners are met with brutal violence, a long-suppressed rebellion reignites—one that threatens not only the Company’s rule, but the religious order that sanctifies it.
Jacinta Zavala, daughter of the Company’s founder, is raised to inherit an empire built on exploitation. But when she witnesses the execution of a miner and publicly defies the state religion by honoring the dead, Jacinta becomes a quiet symbol of resistance. Torn between her bloodline and her conscience, she must decide whether dismantling her father’s legacy is worth the personal and political destruction it will unleash.
Far from the capital, Álvaro Dos Cielos, a young revolutionary, is shattered by the assassination of the man he secretly loves, Lieutenant Plutarco Izote. Desperate to bring him back, Álvaro seeks out the outlawed Way of Endless Water, an ancient faith said to control the doors between waking life, dreaming, and death. Offering his own life in exchange, Álvaro instead awakens with a mandate from the dead: the fractured rebellion must be united—or it will be annihilated.
As war escalates, Jacinta’s moral defiance, Álvaro’s devotion, and competing visions for Temictlan’s future collide. With corporate power, religious authority, and revolutionary ideology all vying for control, the rebellion becomes more than a fight over silver—it becomes a reckoning over who owns the land, and who is following the will of the gods.
