![]() ![]() ![]() The challenge is one of staying believably true to the historical tale and its Mexican setting, while at the same time offering the reader some surprises. ![]() ![]() "The epic encounter of Aztecs and conquistadors has attracted-and tested-many a novelist. Combining the rich world-building of Sharon Kay Penman with the gripping battles sequences of Conn Iggulden, this award-winning novel draws upon modern scholarship to recount an event still unique today: the epic collision of two civilizations separated for millennia. The conflict that follows will tear an entire region asunder and give birth to an empire of globe-spanning proportions. and they may have designs on Tenochtitlan. The Spanish possess weapons that have no equal. Keen to discover their intentions, the Mexica send an official envoy to the coast. The Mexica are the most powerful people in all the One World and regard the uncouth interlopers with a mixture of curiosity and distrust. To confront Cort s' army would be dangerous, but inaction may be even more dangerous. They hail from a faraway land called Spain and fight for the mysterious Hernando Cort's. Strange, pale-skinned people have arrived on the coast of the One World. Winner of the Five-Star Review in the Readers' Favorite contest Grand Prize Winner in the 2018 Chaucer Book Awards ![]()
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