The Omega Point: Beyond 2012

by Whitley Strieber

Book Overview

2012 came and went. The world prepared itself for impending disaster--and nothing happened. Or so it seemed. But by 2020, energy from a supernova is disrupting the sun. Solar storms ravage the globe... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765323346
• ISBN13: 9780765323347
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Luna

Once again, Strieber's fresh original concepts have surprised me! Omega Point takes you beyond 2012 and travels through apocalyptic events that lead to a reassuring dimensional doorway. His intriguing depiction of the mark if the beast awakes a truly empowering message between human weaknesses and the God connection. With richly drawn characters, an illuminating plot, intriguing philosophical undercurrents, and blazing suspense, Omega point propels you through a visionary apocalyptic tale. A fantastic read! I am anxiously awaiting Strieber's next book.

Exciting Read

Strieber does his usual good work by pulling several of the "fringe" strings into a wonderful story. Of course he brings the visitors into the story, but also what the Mayan calendar may be pointing to, Revelations 20:12, government conspiracies, past lives, etc. He does this in such a logical progression, that it is not any stretch of the imagination that what he is telling may happen.

What a Great Read!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it. I am not going into great detail as that has been done by others other than say it is fast paced, informative, and thought provoking. I will say that I especially enjoyed the Author's Note at the end.

epic adventure !!!

A very intriguing story with time travel, romance, paranormal/sacred knowledge/our forbidden history/spirituality beyond all boundaries. Whitley has written a wide-screen epic fit for day dreaming and night tripping! The characters are real and we care. The suspense is exciting, and the subject, being another disaster for Earthlings, is broadened by elements of E.T.s, Time and Space, religion, alchemy, magic, time-machine technology of ancient knowledge, and...you will see, as you read how this book pulls you into the great mystery of several Earth catastrophies, Mayan, Egyptian prophesies, the Great Flood, 2012, and our Sun. It's all here, in another one of Whitley's fictions that is closer to reality than I want to believe! I had trouble putting this book down. It's a page -turner! I had Whitley sign my copy which I bought at the Dark Delicacies bookstore signing. There are reminders of "The Secret School", and many references to the end times, mind control, chaos, revolution, disaster, love, hate, awareness and zombie sleep. I guess, the main message is to, "WAKE UP!"

Intense, Riveting... read it!

What can I say, Strieber is a legend in the literary community. His books have scared me silly and made my little mind churn more than the scientific texts that I studied in college. The Omega Point is a testament to the intensity that he puts to each novel. The novel blends esoteric historical facts, with modern day religious beliefs and scientific principals seamlessly in one chilling apocalyptic package. I couldn't put this novel down, and in fact was so into it, in the line at the DMV, the bank, Wal-Mart, Lakeside Mall... that people were peering at the cover trying to see what had me so enraptured. REVIEW: When 2012 passes with hardly a fizzle, the world laughs in the face of the zealots and charlatans that had touted End-of-World prophecies and dooms day scenarios. Yet, 8 years later as the Earth is entering the path of a Supernova that will ultimately incinerate all life and the exact date they first entered within the range of the Supernova turns out to be December 21, 2012, they day the Mayan calendar ends, no one laughs - mostly because the world is in chaos, mass populations have gone into hiding in huge redoubts carved within mountains. They have left the rest of the population to fend for themselves - intent on surviving the catastrophe and repopulating the Earth with the privileged and rich who could afford places within these redoubts. On the opposite perspective their is a select few who have been prepared for the disaster and might just possess the means to survive, if not flourish within these end of days. They have kept their knowledge so secret that even the members of this select few have self-induced amnesia and psychosis to hide from themselves and the others that will stop at nothing to find out what they know. David, the hero of The Omega Point is thrown into this chaos, thinking that he has procured a coveted position heading up an exclusive psychiatric facility that specializes in the rich and well-known. He is taken by surprise though, when the woman who hired him divulges that he is actually there to awaken the patients from their induced craziness and amnesia. He is also taken by surprise when he is told that he is also suffering from amnesia, that his mission is to save a small percentage of the population, and his leadership has been foretold thousands of years ago. It quite literally sounds like madness, and as David swims through this madness and chaos you can quite literally taste it upon the pages. Every word and sentence that Strieber writes literates the chaotic and unbalanced nature of the moment, yet as conclusions are made and mysteries are solved the writing levels out and calms. The word play and dialogue was quite an experience in itself. Added to the masterful writing, Strieber has woven a high-energy tale of fiery death and destruction, the pages are brimming with scientific facts, intense spiritual opinions and ideas, alien creationist theories and historical suppositions that had me scratc