"From the pioneering author who helped introduce the question of 2012 into the world spiritual community comes an epic exploration of the authentic origins and meaning of this portentous date. On December 21, 2012, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar will reach the end of a great cycle. At the same time, the earth, the sun, and the center of the galaxy will come together in an extremely rare cosmic alignment. More and more people believe that our...

Vipero, hoping to alter the prophecy that promises peace for all creatures during the 26,000 year, tries to destroy Diego's world by finding and eliminating the Sol dragones, and Diego and Raquel travel with their dragons to the Dark Rift to try and stop him.

The Internet, bookshelves, and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories, and predictions that December 21, 2012, marks the end of the world. Award-winning astronomer and Mayan researcher Aveni explores these theories, explains their origins, and measures them objectively against evidence unearthed by Maya archaeologists, iconographers, and epigraphers.