This book can be read on multiple levels - as a straight up action adventure, as a modern interpretation of the Maya Popul Vuh, as a philosophical exploration of fascinating convergences between spiritual and scientific ways of understanding, and more. Everybody reads a different book as they bring their own subjective experiences to bear in interpreting the text. Here's a pre-reading list that I think will help help readers get the most out the novel:
1. Anything by Stephen Jay Gould 2. Anything by Michael Crichton 3. Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castenada 4. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins 5. The Web of Life by Fritjof Capra
1. Anything by Stephen Jay Gould
2. Anything by Michael Crichton
3. Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castenada
4. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
5. The Web of Life by Fritjof Capra