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A carregar... War God: Return of the Plumed Serpent (Volume 2)por Graham Hancock
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Graham Hancock, an expert in ancient civilisations and author of the 9 million selling Fingerprints of the Gods, and expert too, on the use of hallucinogens to achieve higher states of consciousness, brings these two interests together in the second volume of the War God trilogy. The conquistador Hernán Cortés is dreaming of Tenochtitlan, the golden city of Aztecs. But in order to win the Aztecs' gold, Cortés and his small force of just five hundred men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands. Cortés expects that the Tlascalans, hereditary enemies of the Aztecs, will join him, but instead finds himself locked in a deadly struggle. As Cortés risks all against the Tlascalans, he plays mind games with Moctezuma, aiming to defeat the Aztec emperor psychologically before ever having to face him in battle. In this he is aided by his lover Malinal, a beautiful Mayan princess. It is from Malinal that Cortés learns of the myth of Quetzalcoatl, 'The Plumed Serpent'. She shows him how to exploit the prophecy of the fabled god king's return to weaken Moctezuma's resolve and keep alive the suspicion that the conquistador might actually be Quetzalcoatl himself. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Whereas its predecessor set the scene, 'Return Of The Plumed Servant' delivers a soulful and psychological tale in which Cortez and the Gods decide the fate of the Aztecs. This time around we meet the Talxcalans in their full glory with their war king Shiktotenka and Cortez warring it out while Moctezuma proves indecisive and prone to the Spaniards psyche games.
Hancock's style is evocative and upbeat. This time around the characters get their just due as far as back stories as well as timing is concerned.
Any negatives? Moctezuma's flat treatment. Otherwise, the narrative's pace is as swift as the currents of Lake Texcoco. ( )