In a spellbinding blend of history, myth, and science, bestselling novelist Manda Scott unleashes a thriller that sweeps from the secrets of the Mayans to the court of a sixteenth-century queen to a shattering end-times prophecy.
“It’s a lump of rock, Stella; nothing more. No stone is worth dying for.”
Except it’s not just a lump of rock. It’s a blue crystal skull made by the Maya to save the world from ruin; a sapphire so perfect, so powerful that for centuries men have killed to own or destroy it.
Ancient prophecies say that if the thirteen skulls already in existence are not reunited, the world will end on December 21, 2012. Cedric Owen, the skull’s last Keeper, died so that it might keep its secret for the next four centuries. Now Stella Cody has found it, and someone has already tried to kill her. Like Owen, she’s being hunted—but by whom?
Desperate to unravel the mystery of the crystal skull, Stella must decode Cedric Owen’s coded writings, sketches and ciphers no scholar has been able to unravel. What she discovers is astounding: a shocking secret prophecy...and the staggering puzzle of four terrifying creatures, thirteen precious stones, and what will happen if Cedric Owen’s crystal skull falls into the wrong hands. But time is against Stella. She has only days—hours—left to uncover the only secret that may yet save the world.
12.21.12
The date is set. Time is running out.
The end of the world starts now.
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"I love all Manda Scott's books, but this is her best yet: original, imaginative, scary, rooted in the past but as current as tomorrow's nightmare."–Lee Child
“The book is literate, fast-moving and most importantly clearly written for love.”—The Independent
“With a talent for combining physical and emotional action, and superb descriptions of the natural world, Scott writes with an intensity that makes this book a nail-biting tour de force.”—The Guardian
“Manda Scott takes as her starting point the apparent Mayan prophecies of the 2012 doomsday and the legend of the crystal skulls.... Scott has done her research and her novel is so engaging, even plausible, that you, too, will be panting with the desperate excitement of it all..”—Daily Mail, UK
Manda Scott is a veterinary surgeon, writer and climber. Born and educated in Scotland, she now lives in Suffolk with one horse, two lurchers and too many cats. Manda Scott first made her name as a crime writer. Her debut novel, Hen’s Teeth was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her subsequent novels are Night Mares, Stronger than Death and No Good Deed, for which she was hailed as "one of Britain’s most important crime writers." and was nominated for an Edgar Award.
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