Phobos
Mayan Fear
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten delivers Phobos, the thrilling final entry in the Domain trilogy, a dazzling look at Mayan mythology incarnate
For two thousand years, the Mayan Calendar has prophesied the end of mankind on a date equating to December 21st, 2012. As that day approaches, greed, corruption, economic collapse, and violence seem to be pushing our species to the predicted brink of disaster. But there is another Doomsday threat looming in our near future, a very real threat that can wipe-out not only humanity but our entire planet.
Phobos: Mayan Fear is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure that follows Immanuel Gabriel to the end of the world and back again for one last shot at salvation. During Immanuel's journey with his deceased grandfather, archaeologist Julius Gabriel, Julius reveals everything the Mayans knew and feared—from the secrets of creation that predate the Big Bang to the existence of extraterrestrials that have come to Earth to save our species.
The universe is not what it seems, nor is human existence. The ticking clock of physicality that begins at conception and terminates with our final breath is neither the end nor the beginning, but an elaborate ruse constructed as a test.
We are failing miserably.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Alten's messy third Domain thriller (after Resurrection), a handful of genetically selected heroes, products of alien intervention, struggle to save humanity from its own hubris. A narrow escape from apocalypse in 2012 and a program to replace oil with sustainable energy sources may count for nothing, since misguided experiments by humans in particle physics have left Earth infested by an undetected but growing black hole, even now consuming our world from within. The salvation of humanity depends on the successful exploitation of a time loop and mastery of conflicts that in previous lives overwhelmed the would-be messiahs. A m lange of pop-science fearmongering and superstitious doomsday prognostication, this installment careens through its bloody plot with little coherence and huge body counts, appropriating misunderstood fragments from volcanology and physics as well as Mayan and Abrahamic mythology to construct a world of unending calamities where even heroes are reduced to mere puppets of off-stage alien forces.
