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The extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. It is a story told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction. His name is Mixtli-Dark Cloud. Rising above his lowly station, Mixtli's insatiable thirst for challenge and far horizons reveals the very heart of Aztec civilization from the feather-banner splendor of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan to the arrival of Hernan Cortes and his conquistadores, and their destruction of the Aztec empire. A story of the Aztecs - a compelling, epic tale of heroic dignity and a colossal civilization's rise and fall. Los Angeles Times: "Anyone who reads, anyone who still lusts for adventure or that book you can't put down, will glory in Aztec.