The Testari Scrolls [Hardcover]

L.C. Laird (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 11, 2007

IS THERE A MAP OF 12,000 YEAR-OLD CITIES, OR A MAYAN STYLE CALENDAR OF THE END OF DAYS In the most CONTROVERSIAL BOOK OF ALL TIME? YES, THERE IS! NOW you, too, will know...THE ULTIMATE ANSWER! The Mayan Calendar called it Blackened Earth; the ancient texts called it...Armageddon! So many have died...the brutal murders in France, the torture of a young Testari mother, has it been for nothing after 6000 years? The sacrifices have been too great; too many of the great minds have been lost while the true Guardians of Knowledge have protected the ultimate truth. Will they succeed before the Nahasha find them?

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About the Author

L. C. Laird spent time working as an amateur archaeologist on ruins in Mexico then traveled on to ancient sites in Europe and Africa. As a freelance writer and photographer, her column in an area newspaper gave her the incentive to author a scientific and archaeological suspense/adventure series known collectively as The Testari Scrolls. Laird is currently working on a guide to the exciting revelations in this edition before releasing the second book in The Testari series. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (December 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434356132
• ISBN-13: 978-1434356130
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,942,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Load of horse manure, May 30, 2008

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J. L. Yu "arrow2fast" (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Testari Scrolls (Hardcover)

Lately, I heard a lot of talk about the mayan calendar, so this book was supposed to provide some factual support for the rumors...

HERE IS WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED

1) my teenage daughter's composition skills are better than these of Ms. Laird. Sappy, tedious and awkward writing style distinguishes this "masterwork". People are "grinning" when their friend is almost dying, everybody is "animated" agitated" or crying and sobbing at every opportunity... Wooden dialogs, tedious narrative (she knocked, he answered the door, she entered, he smiled, and so on).
It reads like 8-grader's scholastic effort.
I cannot say that this is an elegant prose.

2) I can see that everybody wants to ride the Da Vinci Code wave, but Ms Laird fell of her surfboard after the first couple of pages.

Instead of the fast-paced thriller with an outrageus but interesting theological theory it reads like a promotional materials for a new cult - the Mayan calendar year 2012 end of the word thing, using the most contorted (and incorrect) "scientific" explanations for every outlandish bit. Ms. Liard is clearly illiterate in math and physics (the explanations are always given in a mumbo-jumbo style with the excuse that the character in the book is lousy at physics or at math (Ms. Laird impersonated?).
The author even believes that a tetrahedron has only three walls. I rest my case - I am a mathematician. Not only does "tetra" means "four", but is is impossible to construct a three-dimensional object out of only 3 planes (straight surfaces). Well, this is not the only impossibility in that book, I guess.

3) If I have ever worried about the year 2012, after reading this book I am going to relax and to go ahead and purchase a nice property to renovate over the next 10-15 years as this book brought me to the conclusion that the whole 2012 is just that: a load of horse manure.

4) To all of you, code believers: uhm, didn't know you can read Hebrew. Or, perhpas, that the original Old Testament was written in English. I can give you some more math formulas which if you apply to the Bible written in some exotic language will tell you which numbers to play in the Power Ball.

To all of you with some common sense left, do yourself a favor and find something better to spend your money and time on. (perhaps something by Dan Brown, at least he doesn't touch what he doesn't know, like physics).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Applause! Applause! Best Book since Bible Code and DaVinci Code, January 2, 2008

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2BOrNot2B "JustB" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Testari Scrolls (Hardcover)

This book has it all! From intrigue, mystery and suspense to romance and plot thrillers at every turn. The code is not only real, I have found it in the ancient text I also have used my whole life. Now I, too, am researching away and can't wait to find out not only what happens in the lives of these great characters and their story, but in the lives of the best story we know...the human race.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2012, End of the world, Maya Calender, December 29, 2007

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Roscoe (Mo. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Testari Scrolls (Paperback)

Exciting, a new idea to match the best of the Bible conspiracies! This one is new, nothing about Mary and Jesus, but older, One We Can actually prove to ourselves! This suspense keeps it's promise and makes you think! So far, all the scientific parts I've researched are actually there! Fascinating stuff. My biggest fear is, perhaps the 2012 end of the world is just around the corner after all. This book and the secrets it shows could very well be the remainder of one that was from 10,000 B.C. If so, then the calendar tells us what will happen in five years. Wish I could read it again for the first time!