The Citadel of Fear (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Gertrude Barrows Bennett
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—mythological
- Time of Work: The early 1900’s
- Setting: Carpentier, a small town in the eastern United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Mythological literature, Fantasy
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Mythology or myths, Twentieth century, Aztecs
- Locales: East (U.S.)
The Plot
American adventurers Colin “Boots” O’Hara and Archer Kennedy are searching for gold in the wastes of Mexico when they chance upon the plantation of Svend Biornson, his wife Astrid, and their young daughter. The house contains artifacts that the greedy Kennedy recognizes as valuable relics related to the worship of Quetzalcoatl, the ancient Aztec lord of the air. That evening, O’Hara and Kennedy are abducted from the plantation by a band of white Indians and spirited away to Tlapallan, the fabled lost Aztec city whose inhabitants are divided in their worship of...
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