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What if the ancient Inca had defied the Spanish Conquerors? 1532 A.D. The Inca, weakened by a civil war, were vulnerable when a Spanish galleon approached their shores-and the cunning leader of the Conquistadores, Francisco Pizarro, used this advantage well. Within a year, he seized the ruling Inca, Prince Atahualpa, received a room filled with gold for his ransom, then executed him and enslaved the natives. But were these events fated to be? Or could a few crucial alterations have allowed the Inca to prosper? In this startling alternate history Prince Atahualpa, which means Exemplary Fortune, does not become emperor but is instead sent away by his father, to discover the purpose of the strange ship that has come to their shores. Soon he discovers the threat the Spanish pose, and he realizes that, even as an outcast, he must not cease in his quest to warn an unbelieving empire, and save his people from ultimate destruction. No library descriptions found. |
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Although I often find alternate-history annoying, as it clutters up my head with inaccurate information, Blom usefully includes a blurb at the head of each chapter explaining what actually happened, historically. And, her research into Incan culture seems well-done - one can certainly learn a lot more about indigenous Americans from this book than, for example, Apocalypto! (The movie certainly had some nice visual effects and some [well, MANY] good chase scenes, but I would not have guessed it would be possible to make an entire film and include so LITTLE about the actual cuture of the people one was talking about!)
Anyway, back to Blom! While the book is interesting, her habit of translating every character's name into English is stylistically off-putting. I got rather tired of trying to put a face/character to monikers like "Exemplary Fortune," "Young Royal Happiness," and "Potato Flower." I think this is why it took me so long to finish this book!
The other problem is that Blom was definitely expecting to write a sequel. I don't know if she's still working on it, or whether the book didn't sell well enough for TOR to publish the sequel. But the book has two separate plotlines. The first deals with Atahualpa (Exemplary Fortune) encountering a captured Spaniard, and gradually coming to reach a degree of cross-cultural understanding - and adopting him to train Incas in Spanish fighting techniques.
The second concerns a young man, Hummingbird/Felipe who runs away and is semi-coerced into serving Pizarro, although his heart remains true to his people.
In the book, the two plotlines have not yet intersected at the end, and the outcome of this clash of cultures is still uncertain. ( )