Gary Jennings's Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last native civilization of North America as told through the eyes of one of literatures most intriguing protagonists, Mixtli Dark Cloud. Aztec reveals the depths of the Aztec civilization, from the peak and feather-banner splendor of the Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan to the arrival of Hernán Cortás and his conquistadores, and their destruction of the Aztec empire. Mixtli’s story is that of the Aztecs themselves---a compelling, epic tale of heroic dignity and a colossal civilization's rise and fall.