J.R. Handley asked M.G. Herron:

Where did the idea for The Auriga Project come from?

M.G. Herron I don't always know where ideas for stories come from, but in this instance there was an incredibly clear moment that I can point to...

I was walking through the ball court in Chichen Itza, the site of one of the massive and famous stepped pyramids in Mexico built by the Mayans, and marveling at the splendor of such a place and what it represented.

What if that was part of a sci-fi novel?

That was the moment.

I wrote about this in more detail on my blog, if you want the full story (with photos!) http://mgherron.com/2016/04/chichen-i...

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