by Alten-Steve
The elder male stares hard at her. How far into our past have we traveled?
She looks up at him. The time period equates to 127 million years before the time of Osiris.
And the wormhole?
Gone. We are stranded in this time period.
Warning lights and a telepathic siren blare throughout the vessel.
WARNING: TACHYON DRIVE OVERHEATING. PRIMARY AND BACKUP COOLING SYSTEMS OFF-LINE. EXPLOSION IMMINENT.
The female works her control. The ship’s engines have seized, so have our shields!
The gargantuan internal explosion violates the hull, igniting a flash fire that races through the vessel, consuming everything in its path. Sections of infrastructure melt and collapse, the Guardian crying out in agony as the intense heat bursts their hairless elongated skulls into flames, melting their eyeballs, peeling their charred skin away from their bones.
Steam fills the corridors as rows of cryogenic pods begin to melt. Glass fractures, a river of gel pouring from the shattered vessels percolating along the gridded floor.
It is over almost as quickly as it began. Within seconds, the vacuum of space inhales the ship’s air supply, dousing the flames, leaving death and destruction in its wake.
The damaged iridium-and-iron satellite continues orbiting Mars, its interior hull now lifeless—
—save for two isolated souls.
An azure lagoon, surrounded by lush tropical foliage. A cool breeze stirs the palm fronds.
Dominique lies naked on the cool pink sand, watching in delight as Mick climbs to the top of a twenty-two-foot waterfall.
‘Dom, watch!’
‘I’m watching, but you’d better hold on to your you-know-what.’
With boyish charm, Mick leaps from the rock, executing an awkward somersault.
Dominique waits until he surfaces before applauding. ‘That was really … awful.’
‘Thank you.’ He swims closer, his bronze body as naked as hers. ‘Come here.’
She enters the lagoon, wading in the shallows and into his arms.
‘Do you know how much I’ve missed you,’ he whispers.
‘Yes.’
They embrace—Adam and Eve in Eden—the only two souls in the world, oblivious and carefree in their own uninterrupted eternity of happiness—
—until that fateful day when a serpent shall again reenter their garden.
EPILOGUE
DECEMBER 27, 2033: CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The American strides purposefully down the empty corridor, the sound of his footsteps picked up by the acoustic monitors, activating the holographic guard image at the security checkpoint. ‘Good evening, sir. Authorization, please?’
The American holds up his forged passport and palm. The infrared beam scans his ID tab.
Two floors up, the information is instantly sent to the Cambridge Archaeology Department. A moment later, an older gentleman’s face appears in place of the guard’s. ‘You came fast, Professor Rosen.’
‘I happened to be in the country. When were the papers found?’
‘Two days ago. Construction workers discovered the vault when they started tearing down the old library. None of the department heads remembered it being there. Must’ve been built back in the early 1940s.’
‘The papers … may I have them, please? I’m in a bit of a hurry.’
‘Who isn’t these days? Give me a few moments.’
The American watches the digital clock. Wipes perspiration from his brow.
Minutes pass like hours.
Finally, the elderly British professor appears in person, a rusted metallic lockbox in his hand. ‘Everything’s inside, Professor Rosen, just like we found it. Not sure why you’d even want it, to be honest. Gave us all a good chuckle when we read it.’
The American takes the box, stifling his excitement. He opens it, removing the dust-covered text:
THE FINAL PAPERS
OF JULIUS GABRIEL
Secured within the vault of
Cambridge University
AUGUST 21, 2001
The azure-blue eyes glisten behind the hazel contacts, the dark-haired American forcing a smile. ‘Yes, I’m sure we’ll all have a good laugh at this back in the States.’
‘What part of the States you from?’
‘Uh, Florida.’
‘Really? The missus and I are heading there next month. Just booked passage on the space plane—our first trip. Twentieth anniversary and all. Ever been up?’
‘Not yet.’
‘Took us four years just to get tickets. You ought to book as soon as you can. By the way, you can keep those papers. Nobody ’round here seems to give a bluck about them.’
Bluck? Bloody fuck … Damn British string slang.
The American waves, then turns and leaves. He exits the building and climbs in the back of a waiting cab.
The large African-American in the front seat glances up at the rearview mirror. ‘So?’
Immanuel Gabriel holds up the lockbox containing his paternal grandfather’s papers.
The bodyguard turns to his Caucasian companion. ‘Get us outta here, Salt, before the wicked witch figures out we just stole her broom.’
The cab turns into traffic, accelerating into the night.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
As a writer, I have found the experience of penning the novels of the Domain [Mayan] series to be both mentally exhausting and creatively exhilarating … exhilarating in that the research often required to flesh out the story line has been as fascinating as it is frightening, exhausting in that the backdrop takes place in humanity’s past and future—an uncertain future, to be sure. One small futuristic detail can have a domino effect on dozens more, and at times, I felt as if I were consuming an iceberg from the tip down—the more I thought I had digested, the more it seemed was waiting for me below. Fortunately, I have come to know a growing circle of talented readers whose own intelligence and experience far surpass mine, and their contributions to keeping my work ‘in line’ from a scientific perspective were invaluable.
And so, my heartfelt thanks to the Resurrection [The Mayan Resurrection] team: ‘Interstellar Bill’ Parkyn (science and mythology), Dr. Lowell Krawitz (meteorology), Dr. David Mohr (rocket science), Bill McDonald of Argonaut-Grey Wolf Productions/website: www.AlienUFOart.com (paranormal science and mythology, as well as the MAJESTIC documents), Professor Barry Perlman (physics), Professor Stephen Davis (chemistry), Barbara Esmedina (research), Konstantin Leskov and Pat Weiler (science), Bill Raby (story editor), Rabbi Richard Agler, and Kevin Williams, whose afterlife studies and website (www.near-death.com) provided valuable insight into neardeath experiences and the spiritual realm.
As always, many thanks to my literary manager and editor, Ken Atchity, AEI creative executive, Brian Fagan, and the rest of the team at Atchity Editorial/Entertainment International for their hard work and perseverance, as well as Danny Baror of Baror International. Appreciation to Tom Doherty and the great people at TOR/FORGE Books, especially editors Bob Gleason and Greg Cox, as well as Heather Drucker in publicity. Special thanks to Ed Stackler at Stackler Editorial, who is always there when I need him, and copy editors Bob and Sara Schwager.
My appreciation to Matt Herrmann for his amazing original cover design and to Leisa Cotner Cobbs for the www.SteveAlten.com website, enhancing the reading experience for my fans, and for her enthusiasm and tireless efforts in the Adopt-An-Author Program (www.AdoptAnAuthor.com).
To my wife and soul mate, Kim, for all her support, and, as always, to my readers. Thank you for your correspondence and contributions. Your comments are always a welcome treat, your input means so much, and you remain this author’s greatest asset.
—Steve Alten
Also by Steve Alten
Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror
The Trench
Goliath
Meg: Primal Waters
The Loch
The Shell Game
Meg: Hell’s Aquar
ium
Grim Reaper: End of Days
The Mayan Prophecy
The Mayan Resurrection
For my father
Lawrence Alten
in loving memory
And for my friend and literary manager
Danny Baror
with love and respect
All should leave Geneva; Saturn turns from gold to iron. The contrary positive ray will exterminate everything. There will be signs in the sky before this.
—NOSTRADAMUS, CENTURY 9, QUATRAIN 44
The LHC [Large Hadron Collider in Geneva] is certainly, by far, the biggest jump into the unknown.
—BRIAN COX, CERN PHYSICIST
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TOP SECRET / MAJESTIC-12
PROJECT GOLDEN FLEECE
EXTRATERRESTRIAL HUMAN SUBSPECIES (HUNAHPU)
&
ACCESS TO ZERO-POINT ENERGY
6 NOVEMBER 2042
The following report summarizes GOLDEN FLEECE, an UMBRA-LEVEL NASA program initiated outside of MJ-12 jurisdiction in January of 2013 by President Ennis Chaney following the discovery of an extraterrestrial starship (Balam) buried beneath the Kukulcan Pyramid (Mayan, circa AD 900) in the Yucatan Peninsula (Chichen Itza). Subsequent investigation of subjects involved in discovery and activation of spacecraft led to the confirmation of a new subspecies of Homo sapiens—classification: Hunahpu. DNA origins trace insemination into humanoid gene pool 10,000 years ago (est.). Hunahpu subspecies has (potential) access to zero-point energy. Based on pressure by President Chaney, all atomsmashing experiments were banned in 2013, and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (Geneva) was shut down. This report seeks to reverse that moratorium.
BACKGROUND:
On 14 December 2012, at approximately 14:30 hours EST, an electromagnetic force field equivalent to several billion amperes activated across the ionosphere, destroying more than 1,200 inbound nuclear ICBMs and SLBMs fired from US, Russian, and Chinese launch platforms. NORAD traced the EM array to nodes and relay junctures within and/or below the ancient structures of Angkor Wat (Cambodia), the Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), Stonehenge (Britain), the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan (Mexico), and under the fortress of Sacsayhuaman (Peru). Triangulation of the EM relay junctures pinpointed the origin of the pulse to the Kukulcan Pyramid in Chichen Itza, specifically to a vessel buried beneath the structure. Discovery/access of the starship and subsequent activation of the EM array was credited to MICHAEL GABRIEL and DOMINIQUE VAZQUEZ.
MICHAEL GABRIEL – bio:
American male, Caucasian, age 37 at time of event. Only child of archaeologists Julius Gabriel and Maria Rosen-Gabriel. Mother died of pancreatic cancer (1990); father died of heart failure in 2001 while speaking at a Harvard lecture hosted by PIERRE BORGIA (secretary of state 2008–2012). Gabriel and Borgia had been colleagues investigating extraterrestrial insemination into ancient cultures until a personal rift severed the relationship. According to eyewitnesses, Borgia’s verbal attacks during the lecture preceded Professor Gabriel’s cardiac arrest and the subsequent physical retaliation upon Borgia by Gabriel’s son, Michael. Pierre Borgia lost his right eye during the attack. Judge sentenced Michael Gabriel to fifteen years in a mental asylum. Gabriel spent most of the next eleven years in solitary confinement before he escaped with the assistance of his intern, DOMINIQUE VAZQUEZ.
DOMINIQUE VAZQUEZ – bio:
Guatemalan female, Mesoamerican, age 31 at time of event. No information available on biological parents. Immigrated to America at age nine following reported death of her mother. Lived with a cousin in Tampa, Florida, until school officials filed sexual abuse charges against the relative. Adopted by foster parents (Edith and Isadore Axler) in 1998. Graduated from Florida State University with a degree in psychology. Attended FSU for her master’s degree. Interned at South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center in Miami in September 2012, assigned to patient Michael Gabriel. Vazquez aided Gabriel’s escape in December 2012.
SUBJECTS’ ASSOCIATION WITH MAYAN DOOMSDAY EVENT:
On 21 December 2012, a “transdimensional” extraterrestrial biological was released from a vessel located beneath the Chicxulub impact crater (Gulf of Mexico). The biological immediately targeted the EM pulse originating from Chichen Itza. Mexican and US Armed Forces failed to stop the entity. Michael Gabriel was able to deactivate the biological using an energy beam originating from the buried starship. Gabriel then entered the orifice of the terminated entity. Upon his entry, a wormhole appeared in the ionosphere and retracted both the entity and Michael Gabriel into its opening. Michael Gabriel’s status remains unknown.
POST MAYAN DOOMSDAY EVENT:
Starship Balam (GOLDEN FLEECE) was secretly excavated and relocated to a top-secret facility at Cape Canaveral. Dr. DAVID MOHR (NASA/MAJ-12) was appointed director of GOLDEN FLEECE in 2013. On 22 September 2013, DOMINIQUE VAZQUEZ gave birth to twin boys (MICHAEL GABRIEL, father).
GABRIEL TWINS
JACOB GABRIEL – bio:
White hair, Mayan-blue (turquoise) eyes. Superior intellect, bordering on schizophrenic. Advanced physical attributes (see HUNAHPU gene). Following a staged public “death” in 2027, subject was sequestered at his request (age 14 through 20) at GOLDEN FLEECE facility where he advised Dr. Mohr on extraterrestrial vessel’s technologies while “training” for what he claimed was the twins’ prophesied journey to Xibalba (Mayan underworld, pronounced She-bal-ba; see Hunahpu mythology). On 23 November 2033, Balam activated for the first time and flew into Earth-space with Jacob and (GOLDEN FLEECE DIRECTOR) Mohr aboard. Two days later, on 25 November 2033, the Balam landed on the field of the University of Miami football stadium. Mohr exited the craft, which departed moments later with Jacob Gabriel and his mother, Dominique Vazquez, on board. Eyewitnesses to the event included Dr. DAVID MOHR, EVELYN MOHR (wife), RYAN BECK (bodyguard), MITCHELL KURTZ (former CIA assassin), ENNIS CHANEY (former president), LAUREN BECKMEYER (fiancée of Immanuel Gabriel), and IMMANUEL GABRIEL (Jacob’s twin brother).
IMMANUEL GABRIEL – bio:
Dark hair, black eyes. Though subject graded out top one percent of population both intellectually and physically, Hunahpu gene remained dormant in this twin. Following his public “death” in 2027, subject was given a new identity as SAMUEL AGLER. Attended University of Miami as two-sport scholarship athlete. Engaged to LAUREN BECKMEYER, also a student-athlete. On 25 November 2033, subject refused to board Balam with his twin. Moments after Balam departed, Lauren Beckmeyer was terminated by biocide cartridge. Assassin most likely worked for LILITH AURELIA MABUS (see Hunahpu bio). Current whereabouts of Immanuel Gabriel: UNKNOWN.
SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ON SUBSPECIES: HUNAHPU
EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN:
Unknown.
EARTH ORIGIN:
Lineage traces back to three ancient “teachers.” KUKULCAN (Mayan), QUETZALCOATL (Aztec), and VIRACOCHA (Inca). All three males were described as tall Caucasians with white hair, matching facial hair, Mayan-blue (turquoise) eyes, and elongated skull. Kukulcan is credited with construction of his pyramid and with the astronomy that factored into the Mayan calendar. Quetzalcoatl is credited with Sun Pyramid used in EM relay. Viracocha is credited with Nazca drawings and lines.
HUNAHPU MYTHOLOGY:
Mayan Popol Vuh’s creation story describes ONE HUNAHPU (First Father) as an Adam-like figure who was decapitated by the Lords of the Underworld (Xibalba). Genesis 6 (Old Testament) describes similar figures as “Sons of God” (Nephilim) who cross-bred with human women. MJ-12 classifies these extraterrestrials as “NORDICS.”
HUNAHPU DNA – CHARACTERISTICS:
• Superior intellect
• Superior strength and senses
• Subjects possessing dominant Hunahpu genetics are able to access a higher dimension (
corridor) of physical consciousness, referred to as “the Nexus.” Subjects who enter the corridor experience a 57 percent reduction of time/space, correlating with a 33 percent increase in gravity (see DAVID MOHR research studies on subject JACOB GABRIEL).
• Hunahpu DNA is associated with Rh negative blood types.
Excerpted from DAVID MOHR studies:
The Rh factor is a protein found in human blood that links Homo sapiens DNA to primates, specifically the Rhesus monkey. Eighty-five percent of the world’s population is Rh positive. Conversely, 15 percent of the Earth’s human population is Rh negative, meaning the evolutionary link to primates DOES NOT EXIST. Rh negative factor has been confirmed in subjects MARIA ROSEN-GABRIEL (exhumed), MICHAEL GABRIEL, DOMINIQUE VAZQUEZ, and JACOB AND IMMANUEL GABRIEL. Extensive historical research into the Rosen maternal lineage reveals a family tree that traces back to the Inca civilization and possibly Viracocha himself. While the Vazquez family tree (the Gabriel twins’ mother) remains unknown, DNA and circumstantial evidence involving Dominique Vazquez’s heritage correlates highly with a Kukulcan/Mayan lineage. The “Hunahpu wildcard” is LILITH AURELIA (MABUS), Jacob’s Nexus “playmate” during his childhood years. The exhumed bodies of MADELINA AURELIA and CECILIA AURELIA (Lilith’s biological mother and maternal grandmother) confirm a maternal heritage that dates back to the Aztec culture.
LILITH AURELIA MABUS – bio:
Born on same day as Gabriel twins. Half Mesoamerican (mother), half African American (father). Dark hair, Mayan-blue (turquoise) eyes. Mother (MADELINA AURELIA) murdered by father (VIRGIL ROBINSON) shortly after birth. Aurelia clan traces back to early Aztecs, possibly Quetzalcoatl. Subject fits Hunahpu profile, with extreme psychotic tendencies exacerbated during an abusive childhood and adolescence. At age 18, Lilith married LUCIEN MABUS, CEO of Mabus Tech Industries. Lilith took over as CEO of PROJECT H.O.P.E. (space tourism organization) two years later following Lucien’s death (relatives accuse Lilith of poisoning her husband, no charges were filed). In 2034, Lilith gave birth to DEVLIN AUGUSTUS MABUS, believed to have been sired by JACOB GABRIEL. While medical examinations of both Lilith and her son are strictly prohibited, MJ-12 genetic scientists have formulated the following Hunahpu genetic family history (see overleaf).