content: If you are faint-hearted, prudish and easily offended, this book is not for you.However, if you love adventure, steamy sex, don't mind vividly gruesome descriptions (I can still see the blood running down the Pyramid), and most of all excellent writing, this book is a MUST READ.The book follows the life of an Aztec named Mixtli, from almost the beginning of his life to the end, and is one of those books that sucks you in and won't let go. As one reviewer so eloquently states on the book's cover, I myself have been dreaming about the Aztecs since I started reading this book. You know that feeling you get when you are nearing the end of a great book, and you start savoring every word, reading more slowly because you don't want it to end? That's what this book is. I loved it. And I will still love it when I read it the for the fiftieth time.