Tupac (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780578728599)

This is a story about a low-born boy named Tupac who becomes the warrior chief savior of his Hidalgo tribe told through the eyes of Aztec the tribes head warrior. In his youth Tupac struggled against an oppressive caste system that denied him warrior status and endured the loss of his love Yoatl. His tribe faced fearsome mountain lions called pumas, a brutal cannibal tribe called the Chiapas and their evil chief Coyotl and rapacious Spanish invaders, all of whom endeavored to enslave his tribe. To save it Aztec teaches Tupac warriorship because he thinks he is a spirit from the ages and with his new skills Tupac builds a new city of god called Esperanza. In the process Tupac creates a new culture that changed religion, government and the role of women. To defend Esperanza Tupac and Aztec fight many fierce battles with the help of five young boys (who learned to fire an arquebus) and a young deformed woman (who skillfully learned the bow and arrow). Resourceful, resilient and courageous warrior spirit Tupac imbued in future Hidalgo generations the need to overcome oppressive artificial societal norms, to use the mind to solve problems and the spirit of courage.