REVIEW: A Doctoral Thesis written with an eye to becoming a book. The author's research into the ascension to the "Great Speaker" by Moctezuma I is the focal point of the story. The book is written like a historical novel and well noted chapter by chapter. Of particular interest is the author's attention to the details surrounding the formation of the triple alliance and the great war against the ruling Tepanac realm.

Relationships between the leading parties of the day are presented with a liberal dose of poetic license. This is a book where the author has researched an area and written a supposition of what probably happened and what people probably said to each other. Interesting reading from a well research project.