Lord! when you sell a man a book you
don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a
whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night
- there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book. ~
Christopher Morley
In his conquest of New Spain, Herman
Cortés was assisted by the hereditary Aztec Princess, Malintzin Tenepal
who became his chief interpreter and the mother of his son, Martin
Cortés, who is often called the First Mestizo. Christened as Doña Marina
by the Spaniards and known to the natives as La Malinche, this
extraordinary woman was, and still is, a polarizing character in Mexico
and Hispanic American culture.
The ordinary life of college professor Margaret de Vega is forever
changed when she discovers the six hundred year old memoirs of La
Malinche containing the secret to finding the lost treasure of
Montezuma. With the aid of retired Special Forces Colonel R.A. Lincoln,
Doctor de Vega undertakes her treasure hunt along a rapidly
deteriorating United States – Mexican border.
