Aztec Blood

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"Injustice has never Been so keenly sketched, norvalör so v | compeliingly pórtrayed as in this swashbuckling adventure." " I ¦¦'/ Publishers WeeklyStantá Review ¦ - " I • í-i < • /. , " ^ . ¦¦ . In this colorfui and exdting era of swords and cloaks, upheaval and revolution, a young beggar boy, in whose blood runs that of both Spanish and Aztec royaity must dairh his blrfhright From the torrid streets of the City of the Dead aiong the Veracruz Goast to the ageless glory of Seviiie in Öld Spuiri, Cristo the Bastardo connlves, fights, and loves as he seeks the Whwithout knowing that he will be the founder of a proud new people. As we foilow the loves and adventures of Cristo and experience the colorfui splendor and barbarism of the era, a vanished culture is brought bacfc to life in all its magnificence. , . ¦ - / "3ennings can breathe life intő the dust of history." ""; > / . . " The Washington Post \ ' ' . "This exotic, sensuous noveí works on many levels. it is at once history,... Tovább

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"Injustice has never Been so keenly sketched, norvalör so v | compeliingly pórtrayed as in this swashbuckling adventure." " I ¦¦'/ Publishers WeeklyStantá Review ¦ - " I • í-i < • /. , " ^ . ¦¦ . In this colorfui and exdting era of swords and cloaks, upheaval and revolution, a young beggar boy, in whose blood runs that of both Spanish and Aztec royaity must dairh his blrfhright From the torrid streets of the City of the Dead aiong the Veracruz Goast to the ageless glory of Seviiie in Öld Spuiri, Cristo the Bastardo connlves, fights, and loves as he seeks the Whwithout knowing that he will be the founder of a proud new people. As we foilow the loves and adventures of Cristo and experience the colorfui splendor and barbarism of the era, a vanished culture is brought bacfc to life in all its magnificence. , . ¦ - / "3ennings can breathe life intő the dust of history." ""; > / . . " The Washington Post \ ' ' . "This exotic, sensuous noveí works on many levels. it is at once history, mystery, and a coming-of-age növel all permeated by the teeming world of seventeenth-century Mexico as seen through the eyes of a teenage boy." ; Líbrary Journal . . -; / ^ "This lush exotic page-tumer fairly crackles with íntrigue, románcé, and adventure...The author has meticulously researchedl the tortuous history / of the colonization of New Spain, revivifyjng the all-but-forgottén era . >upon whose brutal foundation the modern nation of Mexico was founded." -' Booklist "Highly entertaining." : | - Kírkus Reviews f Cover design by Drive Communications, New York Tom Doherty Associates, LLC | www.tor.com - :v Printed in the USA Vissza