Review: I love this author!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2012
Michael McBride can wring so much original subject matter out of the lost peoples of ancient Mesoamerica.  This story, like Burial Ground, starts with the premise that scientists want to uncover and understand the reasons the Mayans, Inca, Anasazi, etc. disappeared without a trace.  This book's theory revolves around major natural disasters like volcanoes and tsunamis.  As always, the science woven into the story along with real historical events, gives this book a ring of truth and inspires fright simultaneously.  I love that the science is easily understandable even though at times it's quite technical.  His descriptions are also right on!  When I finished this book, I felt like I just completed pre-expedition training.