Momia
(The Mummy)
is a suspense novel set in modern-day Mexico where the citizens are once again
caught in the middle of a raging drug war between the Mexican Mafia, Los
Federales, the American DEA and Homeland Security. Ricky Valdez is facing the
death sentence in northern Coahuila, recently reinstated as a backlash against
the epidemic of drug violence. He has been framed by the Government for a string
of executions by the Aztec 666, the most vicious of the drug gangs in El Norte.
Numerous witnesses claim that an Aztec mummy had been resurrected to carry out
the murders. Lieutenant Leo Narvaiz of the Mexican Federal Police has been
assigned to the case, and finds himself on a trail of superstition, witchcraft
and ritual murder.
Ricky
and Mark Valdez are rising stars in the Aztec 666 led by drug lord Tony Ramos.
Their beautiful sister, Liliana, is treasured by her brothers and their
grandmother, Socorro. The brothers are detested by Socorro and are forbidden to
visit her shack in the most impoverished area of Coahuila. The brothers bring
money and food to Liliana, and are continually rebuked by their fellow gang
members for allowing her to remain in the barrio. Yet they, among many others,
dread the supernatural power of the old woman who is said to have the Evil Eye.
The bruja has sworn that anyone who
attempts to draw Liliana into the narcotics network would suffer a fate worse
than death.
It
is the aura of terror surrounding the bruja that inspires Tony Ramos to prey
upon the locals’ primitive beliefs. He approaches a local lucha libre company and obtains the
costume of La Momia. The obsolete
gimmick is resurrected as his assassins allow neighbors of their murder victims
to see the mummy in the area before the disemboweled corpses are discovered by
police. The local communities are paralyzed by terror as the hit list of La Momia grows ever longer. Finally Lt.
Narvaiz is assigned to the case, and he immediately begins targeting the Valdez
brothers, who he senses to be the weak links in the gang’s
infrastructure.
Narvaiz
begins interviewing Liliana, and they soon grow romantically attracted to one
another. Socorro sees Narvaiz as the answer to her dreams, the kind of man who
could rescue Liliana from the poverty of the ghetto and give her the life she
deserves. Tony Ramos learns of the situation and demands that her brothers take
immediate action to end the relationship. Narvaiz begins refocusing his own
investigation, zeroing in on Ramos’ other lieutenants. It causes Ramos to
suspect that Narvaiz has made a deal with the brothers, and reminds them that
the penalty for cooperating with the authorities is death.
Narvaiz
puts together enough circumstantial evidence to have one of Ramos’ top guns
indicted as an accomplice in one of La
Momia murders. Ramos responds by having Mark Valdez murdered as a warming.
Socorro initiates an ancient ritual that conjures up a Satanic demon,
manifesting itself as La Momia Azteca
of legend. The monster embarks on a string of serial murder, believing
Liliana to be the reincarnation of an Aztec princess. It leads to a horrific
climax of mayhem and murder as the ancient prophecies are fulfilled at last. For
horror buffs, crime enthusiasts and Mexican history enthusiasts, Momia (The Mummy) is a collector’s
item.
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