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The Lady and the Demon: An Historical Novel

by Romain Wilhelmsen

198 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-2058; ISBN 1-4120-7163-1; US$16.99, C$18.02, EUR12.87, £9.01

In 1519, when Hermán Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico, he faced not only 200,000 Aztecs, but he also confronted a demon that only the lady could subdue.

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IN THE BEGINNING

A long time ago...

Before there were Aztecs and before there were Spaniards.

A long time ago...

Before the star of Bethlehem shone brightly.

Before the Word was made of Flesh, and before the Lady was born.

Before Caesar crossed his Rubicon, and before Moses hurtles his Ten Commandments into the faces of the willful Israelites, a bright star catapulted from the heavens so far aloft and so untouchable, and began its destructive approach to the planet called Earth.

"How far you have fallen from Heaven, bright morningstar,

felled to the earth, sprawling helpless across the nations..."

Isaiah 14:12-15

A long, long time ago, so say indigenous natives of the Caribbean Islands and the Gulf of Mexico, a terrible and bright thing came from the skies in the form of a Being - like a fiery snake, and fell into the waters. It caused terrible earthquakes and violent volcanoes.

Noy only did it leave traces of nickel, iron pyrites and scorched rock, but it carried with it an evil portent that unobstrusively polluted the lands of Mesoamerica. The Prince of Darkness had come to prey upon the people of Mexico.

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About the Author

The author has been an adventure film producer and lecturer, and a past director of the Los Angeles Adventurers Club. He has traveled extensively thoughout South America, Africa, Mexico, and the southwestern United States, and though his numerous appearances on television here and abroad, became known as the Legend Hunter. He rafted down the Amazon River, is credited with the discovery of a pre-Inca city in the Andes Mountains of Peru, and the discovery of Spanish Conquistador armor once exhibited at the Southwestern Museum in Los Angeles. Romain Wilhelmsen also made international news after being attacked by bandits while exploring in the mountains of Columbia, and wounded in the gunfight which ensued. His accounts of these exploits have been published in a number of men's magazines. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.

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