Domain (The Domain Trilogy)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765324660 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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But the story is original enough to pass muster and the past success of similar apocalyptic thrillers bodes well for this one. Domain focuses its doomsday scenario on an ancient Mayan myth and sets up an intriguing pair of saviors in Dominique Vasquez, a psych grad student who's an intern at a Florida psychiatric facility, and Mick Gabriel, her first patient. For those who never leave home without a copy of the prophecies of Nostradamus tucked in their hip pocket, Steve Alten's new thriller is just the ticket. The political subplot is ludicrous, the special effects way over the top, and the villain-in-chief, who happens to be named Borgia, is merely a cartoon. Engineering his escape from the hospital, she accompanies him on a desperate search to find his way into the pyramid befo
"Not my favorite Steve Alten book but" according to Jason Frost. still worth reading. Being a huge Steve Alten fan I was working my way to reading all of his work. I've always been interested in "end of the world" novels and this one seemed very interesting. It was. HOWEVER I'm not into Sci-Fi type stuff and it took some work for me to get through this book. NOT because it wasn't good, but rather because Alten kinda lost me whenhe started talking about space, black holes, different dimensions, and planetary markers. Julius Gabriel's diary. A Solid and Enjoyable Adventure Fred Steve Alten is a talented young writer. In perusing reviews of his various books it interesting to note that he has a very large number of dedicated fans and a few detractors. They both have one thing in common. That is that they all enjoy reading his books. In Domain he weaves an adventure story around some good archaeology and science and comes up with another winner. He varies from authors like D. L. Tanner, who writes great novels on Cryptozoology that successfully educa. M. Grant said DOMAIN - LOSES THE MOMENTUM!. I have been a big fan of Steve Alten's books MEG and THE TRENCH so I dove into DOMAIN ready for an exciting tale. In the first "DOMAIN - LOSES THE MOMENTUM!" according to M. Grant. I have been a big fan of Steve Alten's books MEG and THE TRENCH so I dove into DOMAIN ready for an exciting tale. In the first 250 pages or so Alten does not disappoint. The amount of research in the novel is astounding. I loved the fact that I didn't know what was real and what had been "doctored" for the sake of the storyline. Alten mixes in research, the journal of explorer scientist Julius Gabriel, and the adventures of Michael Gabriel together nicely to keep the story m. 50 pages or so Alten does not disappoint. The amount of research in the novel is astounding. I loved the fact that I didn't know what was real and what had been "doctored" for the sake of the storyline. Alten mixes in research, the journal of explorer scientist Julius Gabriel, and the adventures of Michael Gabriel together nicely to keep the story m
Julius is convinced it's one of many pieces to a puzzle that could lead to the salvation of our species. What Dominique doesn't realize is that she is his last hope of saving humanity.For the fall equinox is looming, and with it will come a rare galactic alignment with the potential to change life as we know it.It is the beginning of the end. It is now the fall of 2012 and Mick is still haunted by his father's predictions. Archaeologist Julius Gabriel has devoted his life to studying the Mayan calendar, a 2,500-year-old enigma that ends abruptly on December 21, 2012. He has passed on his knowledge to the only person who ever believed his theorieshis son Mick. He's been committed to a Miami asylum for paranoid schizophrenia, and the dawn of his most feared prophecies is upon him. Many believe this foretells the end of the world. When inquisitive psychologist Dominique Vazquez joins the team at the South Florida Treatment Center, Mick finds a new listener for his warnings of the coming Apocalypse