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Aztec
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In 1519 Hernán Cortés begins an unauthorised expedition into Mexico and depends increasingly on Malinali, the multilingual woman known to the Spanish as Doña Marina. Her interpretation and political judgement enable negotiations with communities that view the Aztec Empire through very different histories of tribute and coercion.
As the expedition advances toward Moctezuma's capital, alliance, attraction and revenge become inseparable from conquest. This edition is the same novel also published as Feathered Serpent, presenting both Cortés's ambition and Malinche's attempt to survive a campaign that destroys the political world around them.
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