Cradle of the Sun

About the Book

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Text for Author Bio box: Use author's bio Text for book Description box: Our hero's family has been destroyed by the Spanish Inquisition, and the woman he loved snatched from his arms. Now, Juan de Moncada is set on a savage mission of revenge. Journeying to the New World, Juan finds himself shipwrecked in the Yucatan and a captive of the Mayans. How he became the lover of a native princess and leader against a brutal attack by the Conquistadors makes this taut tale of swashbuckling adventure and passion one not to be missed.

About the Author

John Clagett commanded a PT boat at Guadalcanal and was severely injured in the sinking of PT 111 on February 1, 1943. Some of his accomplishments are graduating from the Naval Academy, receiving a Ph.D. from Yale University, spending three years in Norway with the diplomatic corps, and being Professor Emeritus, English, at Middlebury College. His hobbies include skiing, fishing and reading.