He was an ordinary English lad, but they proclaimed him the supreme god of the Aztecs—Tescatlipoca. He was sure he would become a healer and live peacefully on his father’s estate, but instead he stood shoulder to shoulder with Aztec warriors in the fight against the invaders among the ruins of Tenochtitlan. He swore allegiance to a girl named Lily, but he became the husband of the Indian princess Otomi, whose love saved him from death on the altar stone, beneath the knife of the priest.