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Domain by Steve Alten Tor, June, 2002. Paperback, 512 pages. ISBN: 0812579569 Ordering information: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk 
Mick Gabriel is the only one who knows the secrets
of a doomsday prophecy that predicts the end of
the world. Unfortunately,
he is locked up in a Miami psychiatric asylum as a
paranoid schizophrenic. His knowledge about the
doomsday forecast was gathered by him and
his archaeologist father as they researched the
ancient Mayan calendar, which forecasts that the end
will come on December 12, 2012. Needing to
escape, Mick tries to convince psychiatry major
Dominique Vasquez to help him. Dominique was just assigned to
Mick's case, as she completes her graduate
internship. Mick manages to get Dominique's
help... but the forces leading up to man's
destruction may already be underway.
Steve Alten, the author of MEG and Goliath, has created a gripping science fiction thriller. Domain is laced with strange facts about ancient cultures, edge-of-your seat suspense and a cast of appealing characters that ranges from commoners to world leaders. One of the most fascinating elements of Domain is how Alten manages to pull in numerous unsolved mysteries about ancient civilizations, such as the elongated skulls of the Olmecs, the amazing pyramids, the desert drawings of Nazca, unexplained advanced astronomy skills in ancient cultures, wise bearded men mentioned in ancient texts and other facts into the novel and uses them to enhance the plot. Those fascinated with ancient cultures, aliens, conspiracy theories and the paranormal should definitely grab a copy of Domain. Domain is the first of a trilogy, the second of which is Resurrection -- a novel readers will certainly be looking forward to after reading Domain. Reprinted with permission from The Internet Writing Journal®. Copyright © 1997-2011 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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