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In the Courts of the Sun by Brian D'Amato (2009, Hardcover)

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ISBN
9780525950516
Book Title
In the Courts of the Sun
Item Length
9.5in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year
2009
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
2.2in
Author
Brian D'amato
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Literary, Science Fiction / General
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
35 oz
Number of Pages
704 Pages

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A mind-bending, time-bending, zeitgeist-defining novel about the days leading up to December 21, 2012, the day the Maya predicted the world would end December 21, 2012. The day time stops. Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya living in the year 2012, is a math prodigy who spends his time playing Go against his computer and raking in profits from online trading. (His secret weapon? A Mayan divination game, once used for predicting corn-harvest cycles, now proving very useful in predicting corn futures that his mother taught him.) But Jed's life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, the game theorist Taro, and a mysterious woman named Marena Park, invite him to give his opinion on a newly discovered Mayan codex. Marena and Taro are looking for a volunteer to travel back to 664 AD to learn more about a "sacrifice game" described in the codex. Jed leaps at the chance, and soon scientists are replicating his brain waves and sending them through a wormhole, straight into the mind of a Mayan king-- Only something goes wrong. Instead of becoming a king, Jed arrives inside a ballplayer named Chacal who is seconds away from throwing himself down the temple steps as a human sacrifice. If Jed can live through the next few minutes, he might just save the world. Bringing to mind Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and Gary Jennings's Aztec, yet entirely unique, In the Courts of the Suntakes you from the distant past to the near future in a brilliant kaleidoscope of ideas.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525950516
ISBN-13
9780525950516
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69701945

Product Key Features

Book Title
In the Courts of the Sun
Author
Brian D'amato
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
704 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
2.2in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
35 oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3554.A4675i5 2009
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
“ In the Courts of the Sun by Brian D’Amato is an enthralling and original read, a stunningly inventive novel that will keep you turning the pages until the wee hours. With the sure hand of a master storyteller, D’Amato weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse to deliver a gripping read. Beware December 21, 2012!â€� —Douglas Preston, author of The Codex and The Monster of Florence "A remarkable, unique, stand-out book. Prodigious in its scope, its originality, its ambition, its intelligence, and the mastery of its research. In a word: awesome. Or brilliant. Make that two words: awesome and brilliant." —Raymond Khoury, author of The Last Templar and The Sanctuary “Fans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing thriller. . . . The period details are as convincing as those in Simon Levack’s superb Aztec mysteries.â€� — Publishers Weekly (starred) “Ambitious. . . . a richly detailed, intellectually stimulating adventure through time.â€� — Booklist, In the Courts of the Sunby Brian D’Amato is an enthralling and original read, a stunningly inventive novel that will keep you turning the pages until the wee hours. With the sure hand of a master storyteller, D’Amato weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse to deliver a gripping read. Beware December 21, 2012!” —Douglas Preston, author of The Codexand The Monster of Florence "A remarkable, unique, stand-out book. Prodigious in its scope, its originality, its ambition, its intelligence, and the mastery of its research. In a word: awesome. Or brilliant. Make that two words: awesome and brilliant." —Raymond Khoury, author of The Last Templarand The SanctuaryFans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing thriller. . . . The period details are as convincing as those in Simon Levack’s superb Aztec mysteries.” —Publishers Weekly(starred) Ambitious. . . . a richly detailed, intellectually stimulating adventure through time.” — Booklist
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2008-020986
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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