CHARACTERS
In order of appearance

MAX (Massimo Francis Sylvanus) MURPHY: fourteen years old, only child, video gamer, drummer, pizza connoisseur. (Nickname: Hoop)

HERMANJILIO (herman-kee-leo) BOL: Maya archaeologist, university professor

LADY COCO (Ix Kan Kakaw—eesh con caw cow): Maya queen, Lord 6-Dog’s mother

LORD 6-DOG (Ahaw Wak Ok—uh how walk oak): ancient Maya king

RAUL: Uncle Ted’s butler at the Villa Isabella

TZELEK: evil sorcerer, Lord 6-Dog’s adopted brother

LORD KUY (coo-ee): owl-headed messenger of Xibalba, the Maya underworld

AH PUKUH: Maya god of violent and unnatural death

LOLA (aka Lily Theodora Murphy; aka Ix Sak Lol—eesh sock loll): Max’s half-Maya cousin, daughter of Ted and Zia Murphy. (Nickname: Monkey Girl)

TED MURPHY: Max’s uncle, Lola’s father, banana exporter, and reformed smuggler

ZIA: Ted’s wife, Lola’s mother, former housekeeper for Max’s family in Boston

LUCKY, aka Jaime Ben: student teacher, Uncle Ted’s former foreman and bodyguard

LOUIS: manager of Baron Saturday’s Inn

BARON SATURDAY, aka BARON SAMEDI: New Orleans boss of the dead

THUNDERCLAW, aka the CHEE KEN OF DEATH, the FOWL OF FEAR: mangy black rooster (deceased)

BLUE SKY, RAINBOW, PHOENIX: friendly campers at Old Cahokia

ANTONIO DE LANDA, aka TOTO: Spanish aristocrat and descendant of Diego de Landa, the priest who burned Maya books

LADY KOO: Landa’s wife, former beautician at the Grand Hotel Xibalba

FAY: wardrobe assistant at Old Cahokia, archaeology student

DR. DOLORES DELGADO: head of Maya Studies at Harvard

FRANK and CARLA MURPHY: Max’s parents, famous archaeologists

CHAN KAN: Maya wise man, Lola’s grandfather (deceased)

NASTY (Anastasia) SMITH-JONES: Max’s friend, Boston music blogger

PLAGUE RATS: Max’s favorite band

PUNAK HA: ancient Maya king, Lord 6-Dog’s father

JADE FROG (Yax Tuun Ah Muuch—yash toon awe mooch): ancient Maya king, founder of the Jaguar Kings dynasty

IXCHEL (eesh shell): ancient Maya moon goddess

FACES AT FENWAY

EUSEBIO, chili farmer and boatman; OCH and little OCH, brothers from Lola’s village; OSCAR POOT, head of the Maya Foundation in San Xavier City; VICTOR, head waiter at Hotel de las Americas in Puerto Muerto; SANTINO GARCIA, Spanish law student; DOÑA CARMELA: Santino’s relative, owner of Casa Carmela guesthouse; FABIO: Venetian gondolier

MAYA MONSTERS, DEATH LORDS, PADDLER GODS, and BOSTON RED SOX: please see glossary This page–this page