Mistress of the Morning Star — Elizabeth Lane

IN MEXICO'S STEAMING SPLENDOR, SHE LED THEM TO GOLD-AND GLORY...

MARINA. Daughter of an Indian chieftain, sold as a slave by her mother, she saw her first child sacrificed to bloodthirsty gods. Converted by the Spanish, she became the woman of the Conqueror, and his fragile link to a Golden Empire...

CORTES. The fierce-eyed warrior toppling pagan idols, scheming for Montezuma's throne. Fearless, cunning and arrogant, he claimed Mexico for his King - and Marina for his bed...

JUAN. The gentle soldier with the sun-streaked hair and the healing powers, he bore a burden of forbidden love for the beauty possessed by Cortes.

Hero: Juan Jaramillo
Heroine: Marina