Edie turns off the set as the limo pulls into the medical complex. One of the armed bodyguards opens the back door, helping Dominique and her mother from the car.
"You seem pretty cheerful today."
Dominique smiles. "I can feel him."
"Feel who?"
"Mick. He's alive. Don't ask me how, but I can feel his presence in my heart."
Edith leads her into the hospital, deciding it best not to say anything.
Dominique lies on the examination table, watching the monitor as her doctor runs the ultrasound across her swollen belly. Edie squeezes her hand as the sound of tiny heartbeats thump rapidly from the machine.
"There's the first one's head . . . and there's the second. Everything looks very good." The doctor wipes the cream from her stomach with a damp cloth. "So, Mrs. Gabriel, would you like to know the sex of your twins?"
Dominique looks up at Edie, tears in her eyes. "I already know, Doctor, I already know."
THE END OF DOMAIN.
Coming soon...
PART II.
RESURRECTION.
For a sneak preview, go to www.SteveAlten.com Permissions and Credits ARTWORK:.
All pen sketches, including maps, Nazca drawings, Giza, and Stonehenge, were completed by Bill McDonald of Argonaut-Grey Wolf.
PHOTOS:.
Kukulcan Pyramid: Steve Alten Ball Court shots: Steve Alten Original photos of the La Venta skull, Sacsayhuaman, Pyramid of the Sun, and Trident of Paracos: Miguel Montesanto, Galeria de Fotografias, Merida.
All photos were then edited by Matt Herrmann of Villaindesign to conform to the manuscript.
LYRICS:.
"The End" (pgs. 154-155): Words and music by The Doors, Copyright 1967 Doors Music Co. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Back Cover Sixty-five million years ago an asteroid impacts the Earth, destroying the dinosaurs, forever changing the evolution of life on our planet.
Only the object wasn't an asteroid.....
For thirty-two years archaeologist Julius Gabriel has investigated the Mayan calendar. A 2500-year-old enigma of time and space that predicts humanity will perish at the winter solstice of 2012. Julius believes the Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, the desert drawings of Nazca, the sites of Angor Wat, Teotihuacan, and the Kukulcan Pyramid in the Yucatan Peninsula - the site of the ancient asteroid impact - all represent ancient pieces of a global puzzle linked to the salvation of our species.
About the Author.
A native of Philadelphia, Steve Alten holds a bachelor's degree from Penn State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University.
His first novel, MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror, was a New York Times bestseller. This is his third novel.