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Domain - Steve Alten
Domain
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Archaeologist Julius Gabriel has devoted his life to studying the Mayan calendar, a 2,500-year-old enigma that ends abruptly on December 21, 2012. Many believe this foretells the end of the world. Julius is convinced it’s one of many pieces to a puzzle that could lead to the salvation of our... show more
Archaeologist Julius Gabriel has devoted his life to studying the Mayan calendar, a 2,500-year-old enigma that ends abruptly on December 21, 2012. Many believe this foretells the end of the world. Julius is convinced it’s one of many pieces to a puzzle that could lead to the salvation of our species. He has passed on his knowledge to the only person who ever believed his theories—his son Mick. It is now the fall of 2012 and Mick is still haunted by his father’s predictions. He’s been committed to a Miami asylum for paranoid schizophrenia, and the dawn of his most feared prophecies is upon him. When inquisitive psychologist Dominique Vazquez joins the team at the South Florida Treatment Center, Mick finds a new listener for his warnings of the coming Apocalypse. What Dominique doesn’t realize is that she is his last hope of saving humanity.For the fall equinox is looming, and with it will come a rare galactic alignment with the potential to change life as we know it.It is the beginning of the end...
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780812579567 (0812579569)
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Series: The Domain Trilogy (#1)
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rameau's ramblings
rameau's ramblings rated it
2.0 Mayojen testamentti
Well, wasn't that a disappointment. Some time ago--probably a year or two back--I saw a paperback copy of this book in the bookshop. I glanced at the blurb and thought interesting, but put it back and decided to look it up in the library. Aren't I glad I did. It wasn't the sketchy science that I fou...
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it
4.0 Domain (Domain Series #1)
Entertaining speculative fiction focused on the Mayan calendar "doomsday prophecy" that has so many conspiracy theorists in a twist nowadays.Alten's novel focuses on Michael Gabriel, the son of an archaeologist who discovers some information related to the Mayan calendar that no one else has found. ...
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