Für Jed DeLanda ist das Leben ein Spiel. So wie das mysteriöse Brettspiel, das er von seiner Mutter geerbt hat und mit dessen Hilfe er an der Börse spekuliert. Bis ihm eines Tages die exzentrische Marena Park Bilder von einem alten Maya-Codex zeigt. Die Maya waren besessen von Zahlen, sie spielten das gleiche Spiel wie Jed, aber in einer unvorstellbar größeren Komplexität. Sie berechneten die großen Katastrophen der Menschheit voraus, bis zu dem Tag, an dem alles enden wird: dem 21. Dezember 2012. Während die USA in Chaos und Anarchie versinken, macht sich Jed auf eine fantastische Reise. Er muss zurück in die Zeit, als die Maya noch existierten. Er muss selbst das große Spiel spielen, um zu sehen, ob die Menschheit noch eine Chance hat.

Informationen zum Autor Brian D'Amato Klappentext It was predicted. We were warned. December 21, 2012. The day time stops. The year is 2012. Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya, is a math prodigy raking in profits from online trading. But Jed's life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, Taro, and a mysterious female game designer enlist Jed's help in deciphering an ancient Mayan codex containing the secrets of the Sacrifice Game. It foretells of the end of civilization, and only Jed can prevent the coming apocalypse. He must play the Game himselfin a mind-bending journey that stretches from thousands of years into the past to the very brink of the end of time. A stunningly inventive novel that . . . weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse.Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence Fans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing sf thriller. Publishers Weekly [An] ambitious . . . adventure through time. Booklist Zusammenfassung It was predicted. We were warned. December 21, 2012. The day time stops. The year is 2012. Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya, is a math prodigy raking in profits from online trading. But Jed's life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, Taro, and a mysterious female game designer enlist Jed's help in deciphering an ancient Mayan codex containing the secrets of the Sacrifice Game. It foretells of the end of civilization, and only Jed can prevent the coming apocalypse. He must play the Game himselfin a mind-bending journey that stretches from thousands of years into the past to the very brink of the end of time. A stunningly inventive novel that . . . weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse.Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence Fans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing sf thriller. Publishers Weekly [An] ambitious . . . adventure through time. Booklist ...

Autorentext

Brian D'Amato

Klappentext

It was predicted. We were warned. December 21, 2012. The day time stops.
 
The year is 2012. Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya, is a math prodigy raking in profits from online trading. But Jed’s life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, Taro, and a mysterious female game designer enlist Jed’s help in deciphering an ancient Mayan codex containing the secrets of the Sacrifice Game.
 
It foretells of the end of civilization, and only Jed can prevent the coming apocalypse. He must play the Game himself—in a mind-bending journey that stretches from thousands of years into the past to the very brink of the end of time.
 
“A stunningly inventive novel that . . . weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse.”—Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence
 
“Fans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing sf thriller.”—Publishers Weekly

“[An] ambitious . . . adventure through time.”—Booklist