Stel Pavlou Knihy

Vážení smrtelníci, tohle není kniha pro vás, věřte mi. Jen si představte: Ti, kdo už svým způsobem dosáhli nesmrtelnosti, chtějí tu nesmrtelnost mít pohodlnější a kvůli tomu jsou ochotni vraždit, mučit, mrzačit a ničit ostatní – a to i v masovém měřítku. A mimochodem, pánové, radujte se, nesmrtelnost v jejich pojetí je určena pouze a výhradně mužům. Máte v rukou román, ve kterém najdete dostatek hrůz a nočních můr, ale stěží v něm objevíte špetku lidskosti.

There is a signal emanating from deep within the ice of Antarctica. Atlantis has awoken. Ancient monuments all over the world - from the Pyramids of Giza, to Mexico, to the ancient sites of China - are also awakening, reacting to a brewing crisis not of this earth, connecting to each other in some kind of ancient global network. A small group of scientists is assembled to attempt to unravel the mystery. What they discover will change the world. Imagine that 12,000 years ago it really did rain for 40 days and 40 nights. That storms reigned supreme. Imagine that survivors of human civilization really were forced to take to boats or hide out in caves on mountaintops. Then consider that these same myths from around the world predict this kind of devastation will occur time and again. What could cause such a catastrophe? What occurs in nature with such frightening and predictable regularity? A pulsar. But this is not just any pulsar - the ordinary type that pulses once a second, a minute, or even a week. This pulses once every 12,000 years and sends out a gravity wave of such ferocity it beggars belief. Not only that, it's closer than anybody has ever imagined. For it lives in our own backyard. It is the Sun.