Chronicling the Lords of the Jaguar

Fort Lauderdale, September 2006: The Maya civilization is noted for many accomplishments. They produced spectacular art, monumental architecture, sophisticated mathematics and astronomical systems, as well as the only-known, fully-developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas. The calendar they created was the most sophisticated, best-documented and, in later eras, most completely understood. These were a people of great consequence. In his book, The Lords of the Jaguar, Greg Stallion has brought a piece of history to life.

Red Paw Jaguar is a Mayan trader. A noble by birth, he bears the title of Lord. With the confidence of kings he expands an empire of trade, begun by his father, to encompass two continents. Follow him on fascinating journeys. See through his eyes an ancient world come to life.

Academia has unearthed the bones of the Mayan kings and lords. Learned scholars have deciphered the writings found upon their artifacts and architecture. Lords of the Jaguar resurrects the lives and times of these amazing people.

Meet these people, noble and common alike, of an ancient past. See their cities, travel with them on their jour-neys. Their cities are still here today. Even now, in ruin, they maintain their grandeur, their mystique. Most of the people you will meet, the events that you will witness in Lords of the Jaguar are real.

Some facets of Mayan life, their worship, their wars, their human sacrifice, may well be shocking to us. We must-n't make the mistake of judging their society by our own. Their success in the fields of mathematics, astronomy and architecture stood unequaled for nearly three millennia.

Welcome to the world of the Maya, the Lords of the Jaguar.

About the Author
Greg Stallion now resides in rural western Kentucky. Born there in 1953 he has since lived in three different coun-tries and nine states. The study of the art and artifacts of the ancient Maya has been his lifelong pursuit. He first visited southern Mexico's ruins in 1973. It was then and there that the seeds of this chronicle were planted. It is Book One of three, a trilogy of the Maya spanning nearly two thousand years of their history.