Ambitious, bold, proud, and undefeated on the battlefield, the
charismatic and dynamic warlord, Ahuitzotl, stops at nothing in
order to attain his vainglorious ends. He is involved in a plot to
depose the present monarch after being assured by the leader of the
inter-clan council that he would be appointed to succeed him in
power.
As ruler, he embarks on a series of conquests that make him the
undisputed master of his world. At the dedication ceremony of the
Great Temple in his capital, he orders, as a climactic exposition
of his pride, the largest mass sacrifice ever known, an orgy of
excess seen by the priests as outraging the gods, and for which he
will suffer their vengeance. He leads his people to their greatest
heights only to then bring calamity upon them, giving credence to
their belief that he is being punished for having offended the
gods. He alienates his allied lords as he seeks to place their
kingdoms under his domination. He manipulates the lives of his two
most beloved women to serve his own selfish purposes, resulting in
tragic consequences for one of them. When matched in skill and
prowess by the enemy lord of a rival power, he becomes obsessed
with destroying his opponent, unable to tolerate this blow to his
ego, and sets into motion forces that culminate in a cruel
retribution against him. The world of the Aztec ruling elites, with
its intrigues, politics, and bloody rituals comes to life for the
reader in this epic work
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