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Aztec

Gary Jennings (1980)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingHard R
Pages (Doorstopper (600+))
SeriesAztec #1
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.27
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Content levels

ViolenceGraphic
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageStrong

Trigger warnings

Graphic ViolenceSexual AssaultRapeColonizationGenocideSlaveryDeathTortureWarMurderHuman TraffickingChild HarmRacism

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSurvivalSelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Scholar / AcademicDiplomat / Negotiator

Heroine archetypes

Warrior / Soldier

Protagonist archetypes

Morally Gray Protagonist

Tropes

Historical FantasyNon-Western SettingEmpireComing of AgeColonizationWarUnreliable Narrator

Themes

ColonialismCultural DestructionConquest and ResistanceHistorical MemoryIdentity and CultureSurvivalPower and Corruption

Synopsis

The epic tale of an Aztec survivor of the Spanish conquest and his times as a warrior, scribe, travelling merchant, confidant of Motecuhzoma II, and envoy to the invading Spaniards.

Tags

Historical FictionLiterary FictionCultural FictionEpic Saga