title: Trapped in Tenochtitlan: An Aztec Adventure
author:  Eric Burnett 
description: Eric Burnett has taught in California public schools and overseas. Formerly a middle school teacher, Mr. Burnett now teaches third grade. He currently lives in Singapore with his wife and daughter and teaches at the local American school.Dewi Njoto is a freshman at Singapore American School.
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  > `THE AZTEC SECRET`
  
  `JOE TOPLIFFE`
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
    
  
  THE AZTEC SECRET
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Joe Topliffe
  
  The following is a work of fiction. The story, characters, setting and events
  are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
  
    
  
  ASIN: B08BG6QCJY
  
  No part of this book may be photocopied, reproduced or distributed
  (electronically or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the
  author.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > `PROLOGUE`
  
  The sunset cast a dim orange glow that pierced through the trees of the
  rainforest. Birds chirped as a spider monkey swung from one tree to another,
  narrowly avoiding the green jays’ nest. Thirty feet below, the trampling march
  of men could be heard. Leading the way was Hernán Cortés. Having been in this
  strange new land for the best part of two years, he was well versed in the
  dangers of travelling through these wooded areas in small numbers. Warriors
  from any number of tribes could ambush and take him prisoner