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For the reader who likes to have it all in a novel -- fiction, history, adventure, human drama, intrigue and true archaeological revelations mixed in with a great narrative --Place of Mirrors won't disappoint you. Christina Rossi leaves her troubled life behind to travel through Mexico to the lost Mayan civilization in hopes of uncovering clues about her own past life. The text contains the latest actual breakthroughs on deciphering Mayan glyphs-including warnings about an impending change when the Great Cycle of Time ends in the year 2012. The glyphs also show a parallel between the Mayan civilization's collapse and similar patterns into which our own world is falling.
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One unfortunate side effect of the commercial success of James Redfield's The Celestine Prophecy is the raft of similar but inferior titles that lack the dramatic momentum that made Redfield's yarn so engaging. Criscenzo's first novel, a wide-eyed exploration of the Mayan legacy, begins when down-and-out New York freelance writer Christina Rossi agrees to be hypnotized by a mysterious client. While in a trance, Christina recalls a past-life Mayan experience that has such a powerful effect on her that she journeys to Mexico with her pre-adolescent daughter, Kit, to try to discover the ancient cause of her modern discontent. While on a tour of the ruins at Palenque, Christina takes a strange potion and is transported back 1400 years, assuming her ancient identity of Hanab Pacal, a young Mayan ruler struggling to appease the gods and ensure the continuity of his royal legacy. Criscenzo introduces so many characters and gods that Pacal's story is virtually incomprehensible. After returning to the present, Christina tries to apply the lessons of her Mayan experience to her current romantic predicament with Jose, the tour guide she thinks may be connected to her Mayan past. The appalling lack of coherence in this New Age daydream makes for flat fantasy and an extremely shallow learning experience.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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For the reader who likes to have it all in a novel -- fiction, history, adventure, human drama, intrigue and true archaeological revelations mixed in with a great narrative --Place of Mirrors won't disappoint you. Christina Rossi leaves her troubled life behind to travel through Mexico to the lost Mayan civilization in hopes of uncovering clues about her own past life. The text contains the latest actual breakthroughs on deciphering Mayan glyphs-including warnings about an impending change when the Great Cycle of Time ends in the year 2012. The glyphs also show a parallel between the Mayan civilization's collapse and similar patterns into which our own world is falling.
From Publishers Weekly
One unfortunate side effect of the commercial success of James Redfield's The Celestine Prophecy is the raft of similar but inferior titles that lack the dramatic momentum that made Redfield's yarn so engaging. Criscenzo's first novel, a wide-eyed exploration of the Mayan legacy, begins when down-and-out New York freelance writer Christina Rossi agrees to be hypnotized by a mysterious client. While in a trance, Christina recalls a past-life Mayan experience that has such a powerful effect on her that she journeys to Mexico with her pre-adolescent daughter, Kit, to try to discover the ancient cause of her modern discontent. While on a tour of the ruins at Palenque, Christina takes a strange potion and is transported back 1400 years, assuming her ancient identity of Hanab Pacal, a young Mayan ruler struggling to appease the gods and ensure the continuity of his royal legacy. Criscenzo introduces so many characters and gods that Pacal's story is virtually incomprehensible. After returning to the present, Christina tries to apply the lessons of her Mayan experience to her current romantic predicament with Jose, the tour guide she thinks may be connected to her Mayan past. The appalling lack of coherence in this New Age daydream makes for flat fantasy and an extremely shallow learning experience.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From the small window of the 747 I could see the bright light of the planet Venus just at the tip of the crescent moon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Little Jaguar, Ahpo Hel, Great Jaguar, Bolom Tzacab, Resplendent Egret, Place of Jaguar-Sun, Reverend Blaze, Hanab Pacal, New York, Chosen Council, Mexico City, Yum Kaax, Lords of the Night, Lord of the Night, Place of Split-Sky, San Cristobal, Avenue of the Dead, Pyramid of the Moon, Quetzal Mountain, Agua Azul, Ahow of Te'nab, Mah Kina, Band of the Shaman, Chichen Itza, Madison Avenue New!
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- A Christmas Carol (Bantam Classic) by Charles Dickens on page 16
- The People's Guide to Mexico (Peoples Guide to Mexico) by Carl Franz on page 515
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