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Manda Scott (Author)
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Publication Date: 24 Feb 2009

12.21.12.
The date is set. Time is running out.

In a spellbinding blend of history, myth, and science, bestselling novelist Manda Scott unleashes a thriller that sweeps from the secrets of the Mayans to the court of a sixteenth-century queen to a shattering end-times prophecy.

Ancient lore predicts the end of the world with chilling precision: 21 December 2012. But the prophecies provide the key to stopping Armageddon: a flawless sapphire carved into the perfect likeness of a human skull.

One woman has inherited the skull’s legacy of deadly secrets, intrigue, and murder. Can she crack the only code that could save the world?

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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (24 Feb 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0440243211
  • ISBN-13: 978-0440243212
  • Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.5 x 17.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,307,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Original, scary, rooted in the past but as current as tomorrow's nightmare. An enthralling read. (Lee Child ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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The End of the World is fast approaching. Read this book before it's too late! --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars not sure how it got published 24 Sep 2012
By loverofancientworlds
Format:Kindle Edition
ms scotts roman-era books are intelligent, well written and well researched, even if she does have some funny ideas about ancient druidism and how much of their ancient belief system can be understood or accurately reconstructed in the modern world (she believes most of it, i believe none).

crystal skull however is awful. its so bad that i was left wondering if was an early, previously rejected book, which her publisher has now printed to cash in on her subsequent successes.

this book is badly plotted,badly written, with characters that nobody could care about.

if like me you are a fan of ms scott's work i urge you to read her more recent stuff and ignore this fifth rate dross.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars I'm sure Indiana Jones does it better.... 21 May 2008
By Read Me
Format:Mass Market Paperback
At face value this book should be a good adventure/thriller. Along the lines of find treasure, avoid killers, use treasure to save the world (a little bit Indiana Jones). It does start out like this. Husband and wife team Kit and Stella are searching Yorkshire caves for the legend that is the crystal skull - after finding the secret clues in Cedric Owens' diaries. All good so far, Stella finds the skull but shock horror there is someone with them in the cave who will stop at nothing to steal the treasure.
Interweaved with Stella's story is that of Cedric, keeper of the skull during the 1600s. His role is to protect the skull and find where its world saving end will be based. I have to admit that Cedric's adventures in Spain and the New World wore more gripping than Stella's self absorbed tale. However it is the armageddon averting ending that ended the book which was probably the main let down, if you blinked while reading the end you'll miss it - in fact I probably did because by then I'd just lost all interest in what was going on.
This book had all the potential and the writing style wasn't that bad so I just don't know what went wrong. Perhaps its the fact that there are 12 skulls and you just expect more things to happen. Obviously read it if you're a fan of the author as you probably will like it, but if you're looking for a good thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat reading into the darkness then I'm afraid this isn't it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars 2012: The Crystal Skull 9 Jan 2012
By Ayse
Format:Paperback
Story is wonderful. Very captivating. Since my last amazing book was KATE MOSSE LABYRINTH this book is also amazing same style format page turner and very excited specially connection between the two century amazing.
Highly recommend
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1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't finish it
I got to page 439 of 524 and gave up. I decided that I wasn't going to waste another hour on this drivel and wasn't even interested in how it ended. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Galning
2.0 out of 5 stars Less than Enthusiastic
I'm sure many people will like this book. Regardless, I would call it 'chiclit', both for it's lack of demands on the reader and it's gender agenda, and could not finish it.
Published 6 months ago by Pete J
3.0 out of 5 stars It sounded so promising but did not deliver
When I first discovered this book and read the description I was quite excited. I expected it to be along the lines of 'Discovery of Witches,' since it had a basis in academia and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Catherine Green
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing - especially as author could have done better
I picked this up because it mentioned Gaping Ghyll and because the author also has a Boudicca set, both of which are interests, and general reviews suggested a good thriller. Read more
Published 8 months ago by P. Cross
5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendously
Manda Scott has a flowing style with a rhythm that captures my imagination and my attention. Her writing is poetic and detailed at the same time; each word bringing more... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Walki F Tinkanesh
1.0 out of 5 stars disappointing.
I read The Emperor's Spy and loved it, thought it was the best book I'd come across for a long time. Read more
Published on 30 April 2011 by Mrs. H. C. M. Kerr
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
If you like Manda Scott...you will deffinitly appeciate this one. Her female heroine is always a strong character and determined.
Very enjoyable.
Published on 12 April 2011 by Helen
3.0 out of 5 stars a good read
A very good book. A little similar in structure to Possession (AS Byatt), in that the story is set in 2007 and about the finding of a crystal skull, the next chapter is set in the... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2010 by Kevin Ratcliffe
3.0 out of 5 stars Great start...poor plot development
Readable but not great. Another Dan Brown wannabe, but much too long for the substance in the plot (not much).
Published on 30 July 2010 by Garden Goddess
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and highly recommended.
This book was a revelation - no one had ever mentioned to me that there is a distinct possibility that the world as we know it will end on 21st December 2012. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by Lizzie Hayes
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