A daring inversion of recorded history, The Conqueror narrates the adventure of Quetza, a boy raised by a wise man in ancient Mexico who, guided by the prophecies of the Aztec calendar, crosses the ocean and discovers a new world: Europe. Raised in a rich and evolved culture, Quetza describes the barbarism of the continent to which he has arrived: the worship of a man brutally nailed to a wooden cross, hundreds of persons burned at the stake before the celebrating multitude, the greed of corrupt rulers whose ambition will soon pave the way to the land from which he has come in order to plunder and destroy it. Can he stop them? A passionate chronicle of a time when the world had the opportunity to be different. The conqueror is a stunning novel of great discoveries – geographic, human, romantic and existential – that takes us through Spain, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, suggesting along the way that the ancient prophecies are still very relevant today and that the war of conquest has yet to reach its conclusion. A marvellous adventure novel which at the same time represents a bold reinterpretation of history.