Juan Rios comes from a long line of Aztec warriors. Slave to a Spanish gun-maker, he becomes the finest gunsmith and sharpshooter in colonial Mexico. But Juan has a secret life as the revolucion’s #1 gun-runner. Juan falls for the beautiful Maria, a beautiful writer and fearless revolucionaria whose dream of freedom is a liability for them both. The hHard-drinking, womanizing, con-man Luis becomes their last hope against the rack, the stake, and the blood-stained torture dungeons of the Inquisition. Aztec Fire sweeps readers on a perilous journey from the fabled ruins of ancient Tula to the slave-labor galleons of “the Manila Run” to a South Seas jungle island teeming with crocodiles, snakes, and blood-crazed cannibals. When Juan and his friends finally reach home, they find their country in flames, struggling against its hated Spanish oppressors.
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Gary Jennings nació en Buena Vista (Virginia), en los Estados Unidos, en 1928. Después de trabajar varios años como publicista, periodista y corresponsal en Corea, y finalmente como director de una revista, pasó a dedicarse a la creación literaria. En 1962 apareció su primer libro, y a partir de entonces ha publicado numerosas novelas y ensayos, al tiempo que colaboraba con artículos y narraciones en diversas revistas. Entre sus novelas destacan Azteca, El viajero, Lentejuelas y Halcón.