Apocalypse 2012 A Novel - Aztec Author:Gary Jennings, Robert Gleason, Junius Podrug In ancient Mexico, the ?End-Time Codex?--prophesizing the world?s end in 2012--is entombed. A young Aztec-Mayan slave tells us its story. — Gifted in math and astronomy, Coyotl rises to king?s counselor in Tula, a golden city of milk and honey ruled by the brilliant god-king, Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent of lore. Gathering artists, scient... more »ists and craftsmen, this legendary ruler builds a city that will awe humanity for one thousand years. But he also faces war, catastrophic drought, betrayal and the rise of an evil death-cult religion. Instituting the infamous ?Blood Covenant,? its priests drag thousands of people a year atop temple-pyramids and rip their hearts beating from their chests. To stop them Quetzalcoatl must defy the flames of bloody civil war.
A thousand years later scientists discover the End-Time Codex. While struggling to decipher it, they realize their own age mirrors Tula?s. Can they crack the 2012 code and save their world from Tula?s deadly fate?« less