Showing us the transformation of North America through the eyes of native people, he never portrays them as stereotypically primitive. Descriptions of landscape and culture, gruesome battle scenes and executions, have convincing immediacy. With his vigorous prose and clearly visualized details, Jennings brings readers back in time to that world. Thus begins his quest to find a weakness in the Spanish army, form an army of his own people and eventually defeat the invaders and avenge his father's death. Soon thereafter, Tenamaxtli discovers that the condemned man was his father, whom he had never known. Upon arrival, the three are herded among a group of other "indios" to witness the burning of a heretic at the stake. Tenamaxtli's home of Aztlan was left untouched by the Spaniards, but, having heard of the "white men," Tenamaxtli travels with his uncle (then ruler of Aztlan) and mother to the city of Mexico to see their nemeses and the threat they posed. Here, Jennings chronicles the life of Tenamaxtli, an Aztec noble who grew up when North America was being colonialized by the Conquistadors of Spain. This long-awaited sequel to Jennings's bestselling Aztec is another assiduously researched, richly detailed and robust re-creation of a little-known era of ancient history on our continent.
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