Filmmaker Mel Gibson has the Mayans destroying themselves in his big-screen tale "Apocalypto." However, was it really the end of the Central American civilization or are they still among us?

Margaret Evans' page-turning thriller The Sixth World transports readers to 2012 for the answer in Book One of The Maya Earth Trilogy, now in its second printing. Two archaeologists discover Mayan hieroglyphics in California and are quickly entangled in a desperate race against time and terrorists to save the ancient civilization and even the earth itself.

Watch the Mayan secrets and prophecies unfold in this fictional hot-seller hailed as an "expertly written, flawlessly plotted mystery thriller" by Ibbetson Street Review. Roundtable Reviews raved: "The Sixth World draws the reader in from the start and never lets go."

Readers second the critical analysis of The Sixth World.

- "A fast plot driven by romance, intrigue and greed. Watch out, Michael Crichton!" -- E.A., Virginia

- "I couldn't put it down." -- J.W., Nevada

- "Fantastic! Watch this author." -- R.M., New York