Publisher's Synopsis
"A SCIENCE FICTION MASTERPIECE! Lost civilizations. The manipulation of human evolution. Monsters, and a high tech colony on Mars. What else can anybody ask for? Atlantos is an instant classic." - Ronald Shusett, writer-producer of "ALIEN" "Total Recall" and "Minority Report"
THE GODS OF ATLANTOS SAGA An epic telling of the first advanced civilization on Erthe...born in love, only to annihilate itself through greed, corruption, and its obsession with technology. The cataclysmic destruction of the "Lost Continent" is a myth known to everyone - young and old, in cultures world-over. But it is not a myth. No one has been told the origins story, the forbidden history, followed the lives and loves of the gods who were not really gods at all...until now. NEW SERIES AVAILABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY, The five volumes of The Gods of Atlantos Saga allow you to "binge-read" the epic adventure of Erthe's first and most brilliant civilization, straight through to the planet-wide apocalypse that ended it all. What other authors are saying: "TREMENDOUS...EXHILARATING...UNPUTDOWNABLE...These qualities, and the sheer sustained craftsmanship of the author from first page to last, combine to make Atlantos a brilliant read. But beyond that, this unique novel offers a plausible, completely unexpected explanation of the Atlantis mystery, and with it some real food for thought for anyone interested in the secrets of humanity's forgotten past." - Graham Hancock, New York Times and international bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods and America Before "Robin Maxwell never fails to amaze me. From a reigning queen of historical fiction to the adrenalin-rush of Jane's beloved Tarzan, she dominates the page. Now, with Gods of Atlantos Maxwell infuses historical and science fiction with literary brilliance, creating a smashing new genre. I love these books!" -Michelle Moran, national bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra's Daughter "IF YOU FANCY TITANIC STRUGGLES at the dawn of history, then strap yourself in for a vivid re-imagining of one of our oldest and most mysterious legends. I love living in the worlds Maxwell creates. She has written a "Unified Field Theory" of Atlantis.- Christopher Vogler, International bestselling author of The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers A DEADLY CLASH OF CULTURESThe glorious rise of Poseidon's Atlan civilization is a slap in the face to his jealous brother Athens, as his Marsean colony has - for the last forty years - been ravaged by hideous amphibious monsters and mind-invading inter-dimensional aliens. But another punishment is awaiting Athens and his outrageous daughter Athena, one that will send the gold-and-technologically obsessed colonists fleeing for their lives, seeking refuge on the still-pristine and primitive planet that is his hated brother's domain. Awaiting the battle-scarred Marseans are their Erthan "cousins" - the now adult, half-blood, and therefore youthful-appearing children.The horse-obessed Isis struggles with her love for the technos-obsessed half-brother Atlas living like hermit in the Mothership's laboratories.. Giza begins writing The Chronicles of Giza while his lover Geo explores and maps the globe with brother Sidon's Atlan fleet. It is a dynasty of extraordinary talent, passion and ambition. In some there is betrayal lurking, with a hunger for progress at all costs...Cleatah's Great Mother and her "natural order of things" be damned. The resulting culture clash will rip the family asunder and change the world forev
