The Maya Gateway

A gateway will open...

As the ancient Maya city of Pakabtún is about to fall, a high priest commits a murder where a sacrifice is needed. The events he sets into motion are far more sinister than he could have imagined...

Lydia Rosenstrom lives in the twenty-first century, a Maya scholar working in the ruins of Pakabtún. She's also helping a U.S. museum create a virtual realty simulation of the ancient city. But when a real person is killed in the simulation, is it an accident, a sacrifice... or murder?

High technology, shamanic visions, vivid mythology, and deadly danger converge in this fantastic tale based on Maya glyphs, history, and mythology. A tense thriller rich in ideas about civilization and consciousness, The Maya Gateway will leave the reader breathless.

...an ancient darkness will arrive.

"A fascinating exploration into the continuities between a mythic past and a technological future, personal identity and collective intuition. Most of all a witness to the pleasures and dangers of storytelling and the enduring power of narrative to affect reality."

-- N. Katherine Hayles

Hillis Professor of Literature

University of California, Los Angeles,

and author of My Mother was a Computer:

Digital Subjects and Literary Texts

"The Maya Gateway successfully blends the traditions and culture of the ancient Maya, the present day Maya, and today's sophisticated and even dangerous technology. The circular nature of time and the need for change within individuals and societies is a recurring theme in this well-researched novel. The authors' skillful insertion of authentic phrases and words from the present-day Yucatec Maya language adds a fresh and dynamic dimension to this gripping tale."

--Sharon Sullivan Mújica

Director of the Yucatec Maya Program

The Consortium in Latin American Studies

at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University

"The authors of Terminal Games and The Jamais Vu Papers take you through the Mayan universe with today's computer technology. Both modern science and ancient magic take on new and exciting meanings. Enjoy the trip -- I sure did."

--Fred Alan Wolf

author of Dr. Quantum Presents:

A Little Book of Big Ideas

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