12:21 is about an epidemic that is released when a Mayan artifact is smuggled into Los Angeles. The story follows a linguist and a doctor who attempt to save the world.
Honestly, not enough story or character-driven plot. This is one of those instances where the author wants to show how much research he did in writing this novel. That's great; I'm glad we have people in the world that smart. I'd just rather have good characters in the story than think about how much work the author did. The author should be invisible.
Here's a hint: if the afterword contains encyclopedic knowledge of what is true about Mayan culture, cities, prion diseases, as well as information on what is truth and fiction, it's possible you put too much research into the novel.
Too much info on the Mayan civilization and all you get is a longer book. It felt like it took forever to read.
Anyway, the story is similar to Outbreak except half of it is medical info and the other half is Mayan info. If you like smart thrillers, you might like this. It's just not my thing.
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