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Aztec Midnight

M. C. Tuggle

First published December 2014
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

When drug cartels begin vandalizing ancient Aztec sites throughout Mexico in search of the sacred obsidian knife of Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl, the Mexican government reaches out to the U.S. State Department for assistance. Dr. Jon Barrett, an archeologist and pre-Columbian weapons expert, then journeys to Cuernavaca with his wife Susanna at the request of Eric Winwood, a high-ranking State Department official, to find and rescue the knife before the cartels can claim it.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 2014 Cover Aztec Midnight The Novel Fox Chapbook
December 2015 Cover Aztec Midnight The Novel Fox Chapbook