"2012...is the Mayan doomsday prophecy real? For two thousand years, the Mayan calendar has prophesied the end of mankind on a date equating to December 12, 2012. As the date approaches, greed, corruption, economic collapse, and violence seem to be pushing our species to the predicted brink of disaster. Phobos: Mayan Fear reveals a very real threat, not just to humanity, but to our very planet. The clock is ticking...."--from cover, p. [4]

Patrick "Shep" Shepherd was a promising major league baseball pitcher before September 11th, 2001. Shaken by the terrorist attacks, Shep left behind his wife and newborn daughter to enlist in the Armed Forces. Eleven years later, Shep finds himself in Manhattan's VA hospital. His left arm is gone, his wife and daughter are gone, and his tarnished soul is haunted by the nightmares of war. Mary Klipot, a scientist working at a biohazard level-4 lab...