They cut out your still--beating heart and offer it up to the gods before your dying eyes to keep the sun rising. Thus do the Aztecs serve their faith. The Shorn Ones--the deadliest, most fearless warriors ever to walk the Earth--drag Turok’s young friend Andar and the beautiful Aasta to the sacrificial altar, where Maxtla, the Aztec god--king, raises the obsidian dagger. Only Turok can save them--one man alone against a thousand!