Synopses & Reviews
For 32 years, archaeologist Julius Gabriel has investigated the Mayan calendar, a 2500-year-old enigma that predicts the end of humanity. Julius believes the sites of the ancients, placed all around the globe, represent ancient pieces of a puzzle linked to the salvation of our species.
Miami, September 2012: Psychology Dominique Vazquez is assigned a special patient-Mick Gabriel, a paranoid schizophrenic with a high IQ who attempts to charm her into believing his father's theories of the Apocalypse so he can escape.
Fall Equinox: As it has done for a thousand years, a serpent's shadow appears on the northern balustrade of the Kukulcan Pyramid . . . a rare galactic alignment occurs, and a space transmission reaches Earth.
It is the beginning of the end . . .
Review
"This well-researched thriller will appeal to fans of Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston."-
Library Journal"Star Wars like."-Publishers Weekly
Review
"This well-researched thriller will appeal to fans of Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston."-
Library Journal"Characters are worthy of the best role-playing games; sorcery aces technology every time; and Alten draws clever parallels with Mayan myths in this ripping space-age yarn equipped with a credible love story and strong Earth-bound side plots."--Publishers Weekly "Alten aligns galactically with his audience."--Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Steve Alten is the best-selling author of the Meg series, including Meg: Hells Aquarium. A native of Philadelphia, he earned a Bachelors degree from Penn State, a Masters from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate from Temple University. He is the founder and director of Adopt-An-Author, a free nationwide teen reading program used in thousands of secondary school classrooms across the country to excite reluctant readers.