Dr. Ted Erickson just received his Ph.D. in Mathematics. Ted and his wife, Holly, decide to take a vacation in Belize prior to his starting as a university professor in the fall. After ten years of marriage, they are still deeply in love and now hope to start a family. Their vacation takes them on a journey they never expected, where they discover the future for the world few have contemplated and fewer will believe.

As the codes of the past and present unravel, Ted is driven to find the truth. Ted’s search leads to Dr. Jacobson, an astronomy professor at his own university and then to others, who also hold a piece to the puzzle. Together they develop a mathematical proof of events so horrendous the government does not want the public to know. Someone high in the government is even willing to murder to keep it a secret.

With the help of core supporters, Ted and Holly are able to elude those who want to silence them as they attempt to disseminate their scientifically based predictions and provide for their survival. The chase culminates in a final showdown, that proves too little too late to save much of mankind. The final chapters reveal the horrific fate that mankind faces by not heeding the codes and predictions provided by many past cultures and not interpreting what astronomers already know as fact.

Although full of humor and intriguing adventure in the fiction story, it is the non-friction elements backed by pages of research and references that prove to be frightful. This fast-paced novel will entertain, but its detailed, scientifically based message could prove to be the most important literary book for the survival of the human race. It is more than a must read. It is a guide for surviving past the year 2012.