Books like Aztec Rage (Aztec) by Gary Jennings

Douglas Preston chronicles a daring expedition to the Honduran jungle to locate the legendary White City, or Lost City of the Monkey God, using advanced lidar technology to reveal a hidden metropolis and the deadly mysteries it holds.

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. "I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold." --Hernan CortesIt was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. Only one would survive the encounter. In 1519, Hernan Cortes arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable--and tragic--aspects of this unforgettable story of conquest.In Tenochtitlan, the famed City of Dreams, Cortes met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, Cortes defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered in battle thousands-to-one, Cortes repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Buddy Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled Cortes and his men to survive.Conquistador is the story of a lost kingdom--a complex and sophisticated civilization where floating gardens, immense wealth, and reverence for art stood side by side with bloodstained temples and gruesome rites of human sacrifice. It's the story of Montezuma--proud, spiritual, enigmatic, and doomed to misunderstand the stranger he thought a god. Epic in scope, as entertaining as it is enlightening, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.From the Hardcover edition.

Fargo archaeologists uncover a towering Mayan manuscript in Mexico, revealing astonishing truths about the Maya, their cities, and humanity—propelling them into a perilous quest as powerful forces seek the secrets.

A Spanish seminarian thought to be the Maya god Kukulkan becomes a witness to Hernán Cortés’s arrival and the fall of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán.

A historical fantasy set during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, weaving the perspectives of Aztec peoples, Hernán Cortés, and their encounters with the royal court of Spain.

Robert J. Sharer's definitive survey of Maya antiquities, anthropology, and archaeology, offering a concise synthesis of chronological and geographic variation within the Maya cultural tradition across Central America.

An account of the New World's greatest ancient civilization, the Maya.

Set one generation after the Spanish Conquest, Aztec Autumn follows Tenamaxtli, a young Aztec who defies Spanish rule and secretly gathers a rebel army to restore his people's lost glory in Mexico.

Joe, Fred, and Sam are whisked by a mystical book to the main ring-ball court of Chichin Itza in 1000 A.D., where they must compete for their lives against a cheating Mayan high priest.