Return of the Plumed Serpent

War God, Book 2

By: Graham Hancock

Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards

Graham Hancock, an expert in ancient civilisations and author of the nine million selling Fingerprints of the Gods, and expert too, on the use of hallucinogens to achieve higher states of consciousness, brings these two interests together in the second volume of the War God trilogy.

The conquistador Hernán Cortés is dreaming of Tenochtitlan, the golden city of Aztecs. But in order to win the Aztecs' gold, Cortés and his small force of just 500 men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands.

Cortés expects that the Tlascalans, hereditary enemies of the Aztecs, will join him, but instead finds himself locked in a deadly struggle. As Cortés risks all against the Tlascalans, he plays mind games with Moctezuma, aiming to defeat the Aztec emperor psychologically before ever having to face him in battle.

In this he is aided by his lover Malinal, a beautiful Mayan princess. It is from Malinal that Cortés learns of the myth of Quetzalcoatl, 'The Plumed Serpent'. She shows him how to exploit the prophecy of the fabled god king's return to weaken Moctezuma's resolve and keep alive the suspicion that the conquistador might actually be Quetzalcoatl himself.

©2016 Graham Hancock (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

addicting

too good, im ready for the 3rd book already. ill be reading all of Hancocks fiction

Great listen

Why wasn't the god with the black obsidian eyes elaborated more. Great story of the Mexican conquest.

like a harry Potter for grown ups

loving this!
the layers of history
the depth of detail
the epic story
the battles of gods

Fantastic!!

loved it and just like the first book I find my self searching to see when the 3rd one will be released. hoping to find out what happens and At the same time not wanting the story to end. also I must say the narration performance was so good the characters were brought to life.

I’m hooked on this series

I’ve always enjoyed Graham Hancock’s views on the world. But wow! I had no idea he could write like this! The characters are so well developed and the storyline just keeps you going. Such a fun series!