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    <body><![CDATA[This book taught a number of important lessons. Most notably, that sometimes the staff recommendations at my local Barnes &amp; Noble are not to be trusted.  They were apparently duped by whomever wrote this Publishers' Weekly quote on the back cover:<br/><br/><pre>&quot;Fans of apocalyptic page-turners li...</pre><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32957094">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;December 21, 2012, may be one of the most watched dates in history. Every 26,000 years, earth lines up with the exact center of our galaxy. At 11:11 on December 21, 2012, this event happens again, and the ancient Maya calculated that it would mark the end, not only of this age, but of human consciousness as we know it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But what will actually happen? The end of the world? A new age for mankind? Nothing? The last time this happened, Cro-Magnon man suddenly began creating great art in the caves of southern France, which to this day remains one of the most inexplicable changes in human history. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now Whitley Strieber explores 2012 in a towering work of fiction that will astound readers with its truly new insights and a riveting roller-coaster ride of a story. A mysterious alien presence unexpectedly bursts out of sacred sites all over the world and begins to rip human souls from their bodies, plunging the world into chaos it has never before known. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Courage meets cowardice, loyalty meets betrayal as an entire world struggles to survive this incredible end-all war. Heroes emerge, villains reveal themselves, and in the end something completely new and unexpected happens that at once lifts the fictional characters into a new life, and sounds a haunting real-world warning for the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;December 21, 2012, may be one of the most watched dates in history. Every 26,000 years, earth lines up with the exact center of our galaxy. At 11:11 on December 21, 2012, this event happens again, and the ancient Maya calculated that it would mark the end, not only of this age, but of human consciousness as we know it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But what will actually happen? The end of the world? A new age for mankind? Nothing? The last time this happened, Cro-Magnon man suddenly began creating great art in the caves of southern France, which to this day remains one of the most inexplicable changes in human history. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now Whitley Strieber explores 2012 in a towering work of fiction that will astound readers with its truly new insights and a riveting roller-coaster ride of a story. A mysterious alien presence unexpectedly bursts out of sacred sites all over the world and begins to rip human souls from their bodies, plunging the world into chaos it has never before known. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Courage meets cowardice, loyalty meets betrayal as an entire world struggles to survive this incredible end-all war. Heroes emerge, villains reveal themselves, and in the end something completely new and unexpected happens that at once lifts the fictional characters into a new life, and sounds a haunting real-world warning for the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Review</strong> – While I enjoyed the story concept I did not enjoy the story as it was written.<br/><br/>• There were many unexplained loose ends, some of which are noted in the summary below.<br/>• The story was very male centric with nearly all of the principal characters being men or boys. Women...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46252373">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first started reading this book, I assumed, because I had come across it at the same time that the movie was released, that the two were related because the names were the same.  But, I was so wrong!  The movie was basically another &quot;disaster/end of the world&quot; type of movie, whereas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80530715">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i just love mr. strieber. i like his true stories best; haven't read much of his fiction, except Cat Magic...was<br/>rather magical. and horrible, but he does write horror.<br/> 2012 is very different from most of his writing;set in 3 different, parallel universes, we're following clues that<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7051286">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[2012: The War for Souls]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;December 21, 2012, may be one of the most watched dates in history. Every 26,000 years, earth lines up with the exact center of our galaxy. At 11:11 on December 21, 2012, this event happens again, and the ancient Maya calculated that it would mark the end, not only of this age, but of human consciousness as we know it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But what will actually happen? The end of the world? A new age for mankind? Nothing? The last time this happened, Cro-Magnon man suddenly began creating great art in the caves of southern France, which to this day remains one of the most inexplicable changes in human history. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now Whitley Strieber explores 2012 in a towering work of fiction that will astound readers with its truly new insights and a riveting roller-coaster ride of a story. A mysterious alien presence unexpectedly bursts out of sacred sites all over the world and begins to rip human souls from their bodies, plunging the world into chaos it has never before known. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Courage meets cowardice, loyalty meets betrayal as an entire world struggles to survive this incredible end-all war. Heroes emerge, villains reveal themselves, and in the end something completely new and unexpected happens that at once lifts the fictional characters into a new life, and sounds a haunting real-world warning for the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Whitney Strieber's earlier work, but this had me by the first pages then confused me in the middle and by the end, I was glad to get out. I definitely would not recommend this book.]]></body>
    
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