New York: William H. Morrow, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about cannibalism and rites of human sacrifice among the Aztecs in the time of Cortez. "The anthropology of Aztec cannibalism (lifted from Marvin Harris' controversial 'Cannibals and Kings): Mexico is ravaged by an enormous and endless food-shortage while trying to support an estimated 25 million inhabitants; and a warrior caste has developed which not only eats its prisoners after sacrificing them to the Sun God but also expects its own members to be sacrificed and eaten when captured." (Kirkus) Includes a factual epilogue (Harner was a professor of anthropology who spent many years doing fieldwork among the Indians of the Upper Amazon). 312 pp. ISBN: 0-688034993.