Aztec Captive

by John Savage

Pursued deeper and deeper into old Mexico, Luke flees with his captive, a beautiful young woman, until he becomes lost in the uncharted jungles where ancient ruins lie hidden under the green canopy. But far from civilization there is a lost tribe of natives who still practice the old ways, which include the sacrificing of young maidens atop a stone altar at the first light of dawn on special holy days.

Susan is taken from Luke by a wicked white man who has been accepted into the tribe because his cruelty matches their own. Susan’s pain will please their gods, as well as the lust of men, but she knows that the day is approaching when she must be sacrificed…

** First published in paperback c1996. This second ebook edition has been partially rewritten.

254 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 13, 2012

About the author

John began ghost-writing Frank Campbell’s novels. In fact, the last ten novels credited to Frank Campbell were actually written by John Savage.

After Frank’s death, John began selling novels under his own name to House of Milan. He also wrote for Sandpiper Press, Olympia Press and Bon-Vue, all being published as paperbacks. For a while he dropped out of the marketplace but then came back when ebooks became popular. He is currently writing B&D novels for Strict Publishing, and occasionally non-B&D books under a different name.

As to the man himself, he was born in 1943, is married and has two grown children. He is a Viet Nam era veteran. His main career has been in computers, ranging from programmer to systems analyst. He still programs computers and enjoys it. His B.S. and M.S. are in computer science, but in addition, he has a PhD in, of all fields, astronomy! This is the reason for the nickname “Doc” Savage being stuck on him (“Doc” Savage was a well-known fictional character from the 30’s). Today he lives in Solana Beach, California, enjoying his hobbies of astronomy, fishing and fast sports cars.