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denounced and hunted as a heretic. After pursuit through the ship, he initiates the
Arrival program that breaks the barrier between the two Aztec communities and releases them from the valley section of the ship, and the Observers have no choice but to accept that Arrival Day has come. The book ends with the ship due to arrive at Centauri in decades, and Chimal anticipates the day that he will soon have equals to talk to.
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The valley is home to two villages, one on each side of the river that flows through the middle, Quilapa (Chimal's village) and
Zaachila, both of which share a temple staffed with priests who perform holy duties and interpret the laws of the Gods. That includes a ban on intermarriage between the two
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tribesman living in an isolated valley which was sealed off from the rest of the world in ages past by a massive earthquake. Unlike the rest of his people, who are content with the way things are, he shows more interest in what lies outside the valley, and in asking questions that no one can answer.
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When he is shown the control center of the ship, however, Chimal realises there is a major problem. The
Observers, too rigid in their thinking to understand the planetary observations, have overridden the flight plan and passed Proxima Centauri. On attempting to explain their mistake to them, he is
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Coatlicue, whom he followed into the tunnel, in a deactivated state and thus harmless. Travelling on, he finally meets a
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Observer, who hails him as the "First Arriver." He then learns the secret of the conspiracy that has been perpetrated against his people for centuries. The valley is merely the central cavity of a huge
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magazine, calling it "one of his best novels. An 'enclosed world' story, about a young man who seeks to break through to the truth, it is full of familiar twists and turns - but skilfully handled."
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culture to watch over the ship and the Aztecs. On
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