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Overview: Ricardo Santos Bell is the name used for the collective writing efforts of the father-son team of Theodore and Curtis Parvin. Ted has spent a lifetime in the motion picture industry. He started out in the costume department, worked his way into production, and ultimately became a producer. A member of the Director’s and Writer’s Guilds, Ted was among the founders of the Northwest Film Institute. A prolific writer, Ted has written over 150 stories, including award-winning short stories. Mostly he writes because he loves it and his mind demands it. There’s a lot to catch up on, but we’re working on getting the stories to print. Curtis spent his first career as a respected trial lawyer in California. His writing during that time focused on legal issues. He has published numerous articles in legal publications but has always wanted to go back to more creative roots — not that he hasn’t been innovative or dramatic as a trial attorney. Ted and Curtis work together on many projects. In addition, Curtis is an avid photographer, amassing a collection of over 50,000 photographs that continues to grow. It is a collection that covers a broad spectrum of nature, cityscapes, landscapes, travel, action, and things you may not have noticed. He is also an accomplished sports photographer.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction > Historical Fiction
1. Taking Tenochtitlan
Having made their way from Cuba through daunting weather and adversity as depicted in the first volume of this story, Cortés and his followers finally arrive at the entrance to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. All stand in awe at the magnificent city and its people and are daunted by the 300,000 natives living in the area. Invited into the city as guests and given a palace in which to stay, they soon discover their lodgings are nothing more than a comfortable prison.
A battle of wits ensues between Cortés and Moctezuma, the “Great Speaker” of the Aztec Empire, each knowing only one of them will likely survive. At the same time, Moctezuma must deal with the internal conspiracies within his court and its religious leaders that seek to depose him and assume the mantle of power for themselves. However, Moctezuma has plans of his own, which would deal with not only these fair-skinned gods from the east but the priesthood as well.
Facing annihilation, the Spaniards leave the city only to be confronted by a superior force. What remains of the invaders are left to lick their wounds, the Aztecs pressing their advantage. And what of the troops of the vengeful Governor Velásquez of Cuba, who aim to imprison Cortés and his men as traitors? They cannot be far behind.
2. The Arrival
On a squally winter’s night, a small contingent of Spaniards numbering no more than five hundred darts out of Cuba’s Manzanillo harbor aboard some acquired ships. They do so, fleeing from arrest by Governor Velásquez’s order, who has labeled their leader, Hernando Cortés, a traitor. Thus begins the epic story of Cortés and history’s most daring conquest.
Early into the expedition, they receive their most valuable treasure, a native princess who had been sold into slavery by her step-brother, chief of the Paynala. Through her interaction with the local tribes, she becomes indispensable. Her ability to translate not just words but also the real message behind them allows for her own hidden agenda.
Once allies are made on the coast, Cortés and his expedition plunge into the interior, chasing riches, power, and position. They face the unknown terrain and weather, plus the many indigenous tribes who might be loyal to the Aztec empire or, in other cases, willing to ally with the Spaniards to remove the yolk of domination exerted by the Aztecs. As the expedition heads toward the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, they are well aware that the governor’s troops are not far behind, carrying the irons those troops intend to use to drag them all back to Cuba and a hangman’s noose.
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