The Young Jaguar (Pre-Aztec Series, #1)
The Capital of the great Tepanec Empire is in turmoil, with the old Emperor dead and his heirs struggling for succession. Tecpatl, the Chief Warlord and a very content man, still married to the Anasazi woman his peers view as a barbarian, tries to obey the old Emperor's edicts. Yet, when Atolli, his elder son and a very promising but hotheaded youth, gets caught in the political turmoil, everything changes. Tecpatl isforced to choose between his duty and his family, while his wife takes her own non-traditional paths to deal with the crisis.