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==Plot summary== The main plot appears in linear prose in chapter VII, ''The Mayan Caper''. This chapter portrays a secret agent who has the ability to change bodies or metamorphose his own body using "U.T." (undifferentiated tissue). As such an agent he makes a [[time travel]] machine and takes on a gang of [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] priests who use the [[Maya calendar|Mayan calendar]] to control the minds of slave laborers used for planting [[maize]]. The calendar images are written in books, placed on a magnetic tape, and transmitted as sounds to control the slaves. The agent manages to infiltrate the slaves and replace the magnetic tape with a totally different message: "burn the books, kill the priests", which causes the downfall of their regime.
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