About the Author

Brian D’Amato is the author of Beauty, In the Courts of the Sun, and The Sacrifice Game. He is also an artist whose work has been shown in galleries and museums, including the Whitney Museum and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. He divides his time among New York City, Chicago, and Michigan.

Reviews

a"In the Courts of the Sun" by Brian DaAmato is an enthralling and original read, a stunningly inventive novel that will keep you turning the pages until the wee hours. With the sure hand of a master storyteller, DaAmato weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse to deliver a gripping read. Beware December 21, 2012!a
aDouglas Preston, author of "The Codex" and "The Monster of Florence"
"A remarkable, unique, stand-out book. Prodigious in its scope, its originality, its ambition, its intelligence, and the mastery of its research. In a word: awesome. Or brilliant. Make that two words: awesome and brilliant."
aRaymond Khoury, author of "The Last Templar" and "The Sanctuary" aFans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing thriller. . . . The period details are as convincing as those in Simon Levackas superb Aztec mysteries.a
a"Publishers Weekly" (starred)
aAmbitious. . . . a richly detailed, intellectually stimulating adventure through time.a
a "Booklist"

Fans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing SF thriller, the first in a projected trilogy by D'Amato (Beauty). As December 12, 2012, the date the Maya predicted would mark the end of the world, approaches, the Warren Group, a shadowy conglomerate, seeks to use technological advances to forestall disaster. One way is to send the mind of Jed DeLanda, a savant skilled at a contemporary version of the Mayas' sacrifice game, into the body of a seventh-century Mayan hip-ball player to learn more about why the apocalyptic prediction was made. DeLanda's time-travel comes just as a devastating calamity, possibly triggered by biological weapons, hits Orlando, Fla. The action shifts easily between the near-future and the past. While the use of modern idiom in the historical scenes may take some getting used to, the period details are as convincing as those in Simon Levack's superb Aztec mysteries (The Demon of the Air, etc.). (Mar.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

a"In the Courts of the Sun" by Brian DaAmato is an enthralling and original read, a stunningly inventive novel that will keep you turning the pages until the wee hours. With the sure hand of a master storyteller, DaAmato weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse to deliver a gripping read. Beware December 21, 2012!a
aDouglas Preston, author of "The Codex" and "The Monster of Florence"
"A remarkable, unique, stand-out book. Prodigious in its scope, its originality, its ambition, its intelligence, and the mastery of its research. In a word: awesome. Or brilliant. Make that two words: awesome and brilliant."
aRaymond Khoury, author of "The Last Templar" and "The Sanctuary" aFans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing thriller. . . . The period details are as convincing as those in Simon Levackas superb Aztec mysteries.a
a"Publishers Weekly" (starred)
aAmbitious. . . . a richly detailed, intellectually stimulating adventure through time.a
a "Booklist"