{"product_id":"return-of-the-plumed-serpent-by-graham-hancock-9781444788365","title":"Return of the Plumed Serpent","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraham Hancock, an expert in ancient civilisations and author of the 9 million selling \u003ci\u003eFingerprints of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eWar God\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe conquistador Hernan Cortes is dreaming of Tenochtitlan, the golden city of Aztecs. But in order to win the Aztecs' gold, Cortes and his small force of just five hundred men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCortes expects that the Tlascalans, hereditary enemies of the Aztecs, will join him, but instead finds himself locked in a deadly struggle. As Cortes 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this he is aided by his lover Malinal, a beautiful Mayan princess. It is from Malinal that Cortes 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597900497132,"sku":"9781444788365","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781444788365-return-of-the-plumed-serpent.jpg?v=1777959889","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/return-of-the-plumed-serpent-by-graham-hancock-9781444788365","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}