The Captive
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An exotic tale of the Maya Indians and their European conquerors in the 16th century. An idealistic young seminarian must choose between barbaric death or godhood as the bogus reincarnation of a pagan deity. Followed by "Feathered serpent". For junior and senior high readers. 1979.
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