[This is] the first extended survey of the causes and the course of the Tupac Amaru rebellion to appear in English since 1966... [It] is a lucid and accessible survey in which Walker skillfully blends narrative with explanation to construct a harrowing story of violence and atrocities on an enormous scale... [It] will give Anglophone readers a perceptive and reliable account of the terrible events that occurred far away from what they naturally regard as the principal center of action at that time, the British North American colonies, a mere 322,000 square miles in size, as compared with an Andean surface area approaching two million.–J. H. Elliott "New York Review of Books" (10/23/2014 12:00:00 AM)