Steve Alten is the best-selling author of the Meg series, including Meg: Hell's Aquarium. A native of Philadelphia, he earned a Bachelor's 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.
"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
It's September 2012, and the end of the world is only three months away. At least that's the prediction in the ancient Mayan calendar, and archaeologist Mick Gabriel is the only person in the world who has the secret knowledge necessary to stop this apocalypse. Unfortunately, Mick is currently a patient in an insane asylum, locked up in part because of his violent efforts to warn others of his doomsday beliefs. Young intern Dominique Vazquez has just been assigned to his case. Can Mick convince her that he isn't insane in time to save the world? What follows is an entertaining (if somewhat predictable) race to save humankind, featuring plenty of action, romance, and suspense. Alten has matured as an author since his more cartoonish Meg (LJ 5/1/97) and The Trench (LJ 6/1/99), and this well-researched thriller will appeal to fans of Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston. Watch for the sequel, Resurrection.DRebecca House Stankowski, Purdue Univ., Calumet Lib., Hammond, IN Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
"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
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