![]() As we follow the loves and adventures of Cristo and experience the colorful splendor and barbarism of the era, a vanished culture is brought to life in all its magnificence. This novel was fast paced, fun, certainly unbelievable in most parts, but very good. Gary Jennings didnt write the book and therefore, I did not expect an exact copy of his writing style. I liked Aztec Blood, what is lacked in writing style is what I expected when I bought the book. ![]() The remaining four novels (Aztec Blood, 2002 Aztec Rage, 2006 Aztec Fire. In this colourful and exciting era of swords and cloaks, upheaval and revolution, a young beggar boy, in whose blood runs that of both Spanish and Aztec royalty, must claim his birthright.įrom the torrid streets of the City of the Dead along the Veracruz Coast to the ageless glory of Seville in Old Spain, Cristo the Bastard connives, fights, and loves as he seeks the truthwithout knowing that he will be the founder of a proud new people. I am a major Gary Jennings fan, having read all of his novels. Aztec is a 1980 historical fiction novel by American author Gary Jennings. The Spanish lords rule as kings, treating Indian men as work animals and Indian women as their personal property. ![]() ![]() The former Aztec Empire is now a colony called New Spain in which the Indians are enslaved to great estates that are actually feudal domains. The Aztec people have been conquered and a bloody revolt of the Indians put down. The third volume in Gary Jennings' historical epic that began with the Aztec and Aztec Autumn. ![]()
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