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Informationen zum Autor James Lovegrove is the author of nearly 60 books, including the New York Times bestselling Pantheon series, the Redlaw novels and the Dev Harmer Missions . He has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Society Award and the Manchester Book Award. He contributes a regular fiction-review column to the Financial Times . Klappentext The date is 4 Jaguar 1 Monkey 1 House - November 25th 2012 by the old reckoning - and the Aztec Empire rules the world. The Aztecs' reign is one of cruel and ruthless oppression! encompassing regular human sacrifice. In the jungle-infested city of London! one man defies them: the masked vigilante known as the Conquistador. Then the Conquistador is recruited to spearhead an uprising! and discovers a terrible truth about the Aztec and thier gods. The clock is ticking. Apocalypse looms! unless the Conquistador can help assassinate the mysterious! immortal Aztec emperor! the Great Speaker. But his mission is complicated by Mal Vaughn! a police detective who is on his trail! determined to bring him to justice. Zusammenfassung The date is 4 Jaguar 1 Monkey 1 House; November 25th 2012, by the old reckoning. The Aztec Empire rules the world, in the name of Quetzalcoatl – the Feathered Serpent – and his brother gods. The Aztec reign is one of cruel and ruthless oppression, fuelled by regular human sacrifice. In the jungle-infested city of London, one man defies them: the masked vigilante known as the Conquistador. Then the Conquistador is recruited to spearhead an uprising, and discovers the terrible truth about the Aztecs and their gods. The clock is ticking. Apocalypse looms, unless the Conquistador can help assassinate the mysterious, immortal Aztec emperor, the Great Speaker. But his mission is complicated by Mal Vaughn, a police detective who is on his trail, determined to bring him to justice....
