Rooted [Goût, Leopoldo]

Author: Leopoldo Goût

Author of Piñata, Leopoldo Goût's latest horror novel Rooted is a "a blood reckoning" (Marlon James) where one woman's return to Mexico City digs away the layers of her forgotten past and the Aztec gods she awakened.

There's nothing wrong with Aurora.

A successful art lawyer, she has returned to Mexico to celebrate a recent campaign for the repatriation of stolen artifacts--in particular a mysterious statue of an Aztec god, The Flayed One.

But Mexico City isn't as she remembered. Nothing is. Elements of her past hint at darkness and power, and reality begins to crack and warp the streets.

There's nothing wrong with Aurora.

As Aurora's sanity unravels, she must pry apart her family's secrets and accept the simplest of truths: The Flayed One cannot stay buried.

"It wields all the destructive fury of a flayed god determined to avenge centuries' worth of colonial devastation and greed..."-Cynthia Gómez, Ignyte-nominated author of Muñeca

Other Books by Leopoldo Goût
Piñata

Publisher: Macmillan Publishers (MPS)
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781250781529

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2026
Booklist 08/01/2026

About the Author
Leopoldo Goût is a multidisciplinary artist, internationally published author, and Emmy-nominated producer. Born in Mexico City and trained at London's renowned Central Saint Martin's School of Art, Goût is known for blending memory, cultural legacy, and speculative visions of the future in his deeply personal and globally resonant works. His critically acclaimed novels include the Genius trilogy, Ghost Radio, Monarca, and Piñata, which was named one of Esquire's Top 10 Horror Novels of 2023.