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Alcatraz

The secondary setting of the novel, this island is noted for being an effectively inescapable prison. The title character’s wife is restrained here; her escape from it in the novel bespeaks her power.

Codex of Abraham the Mage

The focus of the title character’s and the antagonists’ pursuit, this book contains information about magics that could save or ruin the world. It follows the adage of knowledge as power, and it serves as a major driving force of the plot.

Juan Manuel de Ayala

The first European to see the secondary setting of the novel, this disembodied spirit acts in support of the title character’s wife. His presence suggests a romanticized view of the colonization of the New World.

Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio

One of the lesser-known works of one of the primary antagonists, this treatise reviews Roman history as...

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