Publisher's Synopsis
When a college student writes a program to decipher the mysterious rongorongo artifacts of Easter Island, he finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue as he struggles to comprehend the strange effects the artifacts have upon his mind.
Easter Island, 1252 A.D. Two natives return to an island in chaos. A giant, stone Moai statue lies face down in the dirt. A shaken islander can only breathe the words, "Moai live!"
London, present day. Computer Science major Colt Kelly visits the British Museum where he meets Alison Masters, daring daughter of an Oxford linguistics professor. Alison introduces Colt to an artifact: a wooden tablet bearing inscriptions in rongorongo, the still undeciphered writing of Easter Island. Colt boldly claims he can write a program to translate what has remained impenetrable for over 300 years.
A Russian hacktivist sees Colt's program as the key to privacy in a world of Big Brother snooping. A government agent sees it as a threat, as privacy is the saboteur of security, and terrorists might use the program to plot openly with impunity.
As Colt translates the texts, headaches, hallucinations, and an MRI suggest the artifacts are affecting his mind. And while others covet the language for what it can do, Colt discovers that what it says could be far more important. For somewhere in the Pacific, the "powers of Motu Mu" await. Now Colt and Alison must venture to Easter Island, find Motu Mu before their pursuers, and determine if the world is ready for the secrets of the Moai.
