We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

In the Courts of the Sun
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(0)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(1)
1 star
 
(0)
Series:
Published:
Penguin Publishing Group 2009
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
“A stunningly inventive novel that . . . weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse. BEWARE DECEMBER 21, 2012!”—Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence
 
It was predicted. We were warned. December 21, 2012. The day time stops.
 
The year is 2012. Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya, is a math prodigy raking in profits from online trading. But Jed’s life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, Taro, and a mysterious female game designer enlist Jed’s help in deciphering an ancient Mayan codex containing the secrets of the Sacrifice Game.
 
It foretells of the end of civilization, and only Jed can prevent the coming apocalypse. He must play the Game himself—in a mind-bending journey that stretches from thousands of years into the past to the very brink of the end of time.
 
“Remarkable . . . prodigious in its scope, its originality, its ambition, its intelligence, and the mastery of its research. In a word: awesome.”—Raymond Khoury, author of The Last Templar
Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
3/26/2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781101028735
ASIN:
B001TSZ66K
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Brian D'Amato. (2009). In the Courts of the Sun. Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Brian D'Amato. 2009. In the Courts of the Sun. Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Brian D'Amato, In the Courts of the Sun. Penguin Publishing Group, 2009.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Brian D'Amato. In the Courts of the Sun. Penguin Publishing Group, 2009.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection11
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
6794d0bd-b4c2-b1f7-edce-81309373b8a5
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 12, 2018 18:56:39
Date Updated:
Mar 16, 2023 05:45:53
Last Metadata Check:
Mar 24, 2024 10:31:23
Last Metadata Change:
Oct 09, 2023 18:15:57
Last Availability Check:
Mar 24, 2024 10:31:26
Last Availability Change:
Feb 14, 2024 22:10:27
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Mar 28, 2024 02:11:39

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1523-1/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1523-1/719/7DC/D2/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1523-1/719/7DC/D2/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781101028735
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B001TSZ66K
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781101028735
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780525950516
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Brian D'Amato
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
In the Courts of the Sun
seriesId
531715
dateAdded
2017-04-14T15:14:00Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=141&titleID=225292
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
          • id: 1151
sortTitle
In the Courts of the Sun Jed DeLanda Series Book 01
crossRefId
225292
series
Jed DeLanda
id
7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58
starRating
3

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: IntheCourtsoftheSun_9781101028735_225292
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 4344607
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781101028735
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 0
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 3/26/2009
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/719/7DC/D2/IntheCourtsoftheSun9781101028735.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: IntheCourtsoftheSun_225292
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B001TSZ66K
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 3/26/2009
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/719/7DC/D2/IntheCourtsoftheSun9781101028735.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: IntheCourtsoftheSun_9781101028735_225292
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781101028735
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 3/26/2009
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/719/7DC/D2/IntheCourtsoftheSun9781101028735.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: 21st century
      • value: future
      • value: literary fiction
      • value: War
      • value: Mythology
      • value: Historical
      • value: romance
      • value: Apocalypse
      • value: Action
      • value: Time Travel
      • value: cyberpunk
      • value: Paranormal
      • value: apocalyptic
      • value: Fiction
      • value: crime
      • value: philosophy
      • value: Aliens
      • value: novels
      • value: supernatural
      • value: Thrillers
      • value: Collection
      • value: space
      • value: suspense
      • value: Military
      • value: mystery
      • value: Drama
      • value: Horror
      • value: urban fantasy
      • value: Modern
      • value: England
      • value: noir
      • value: Adventure
      • value: Steampunk
      • value: Science Fiction
      • value: Thriller
      • value: action adventure
      • value: Magic
      • value: dystopia
      • value: sci-fi
      • value: Archaeology
      • value: Technology
      • value: literature
      • value: Alternate History
      • value: Post Apocalyptic
      • value: fiction books
      • value: fantasy
      • value: realistic fiction books
      • value: books fiction
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: D'Amato, Brian
      • name: Brian D'Amato
imprint
Berkley
publishDate
2009-03-26T00:00:00-04:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
In the Courts of the Sun
fullDescription
“A stunningly inventive novel that . . . weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse. BEWARE DECEMBER 21, 2012!”—Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence
 
It was predicted. We were warned. December 21, 2012. The day time stops.
 
The year is 2012. Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya, is a math prodigy raking in profits from online trading. But Jed’s life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, Taro, and a mysterious female game designer enlist Jed’s help in deciphering an ancient Mayan codex containing the secrets of the Sacrifice Game.
 
It foretells of the end of civilization, and only Jed can prevent the coming apocalypse. He must play the Game himself—in a mind-bending journey that stretches from thousands of years into the past to the very brink of the end of time.
 
“Remarkable . . . prodigious in its scope, its originality, its ambition, its intelligence, and the mastery of its research. In a word: awesome.”—Raymond Khoury, author of The Last Templar
seriesId
531715
reviews
      • premium: True
      • source: Publisher's Weekly
      • content:

        Starred review from January 26, 2009
        Fans of the late Michael Crichton will welcome this engrossing SF thriller, the first in a projected trilogy by D’Amato (Beauty
        ). As December 12, 2012, the date the Maya predicted would mark the end of the world, approaches, the Warren Group, a shadowy conglomerate, seeks to use technological advances to forestall disaster. One way is to send the mind of Jed DeLanda, a savant skilled at a contemporary version of the Mayas’ sacrifice game, into the body of a seventh-century Mayan hip-ball player to learn more about why the apocalyptic prediction was made. DeLanda’s time-travel comes just as a devastating calamity, possibly triggered by biological weapons, hits Orlando, Fla. The action shifts easily between the near-future and the past. While the use of modern idiom in the historical scenes may take some getting used to, the period details are as convincing as those in Simon Levack’s superb Aztec mysteries (The Demon of the Air
        , etc.).

      • premium: True
      • source: Library Journal
      • content:

        March 15, 2009
        The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, and many wonder what will happen on that fateful day. That is the question D'Amato ("Beauty") examines in this sprawling tome. Familiar with a game that the Mayans used to predict the future, Jed Deland successfully makes money on the stock market using the same methods. He ends up helping an organization with access to time-travel technology so that he can travel back at the height of the Mayan civilization, interact with these ancient people, and find out what the world can expect when the calendar ends. Not a thriller, a work of science fiction, or a historical, this novel is hard to define. End-of-the-world aficionados will find it compelling, but librarians will have a hard time booktalking it. It also ends with the dreaded four words: End of Book One. Will the entire series be published before the apocalypse? For larger collections only. [See Prepub Alert, "LJ" 11/1/08.]Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L.

        Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

      • premium: True
      • source: Booklist
      • content:

        February 1, 2009
        According to the ancient Maya, December 21, 2012, could be the day the world ends. In this ambitious novel, a modern-day descendant of the Maya, Jed DeLanda, goes back in time to save mankind. Well, he doesnt go back physically; thats not possible in DAmatos world, but it is possible to send back the consciousness of a person and to place it inside the mind of someone living in the past. The plan was to put Jeds mind inside the body of a Mayan king in the year 664 CE, but, instead, he winds up inside the head of a man about to be killed by ritual sacrifice. Can Jed keep his host alive long enough to save the world? This is the sort of novel that Robert Silverberg might write (and, in fact, it feels a bit like Silverbergs classic Up the Line)a richly detailed, intellectually stimulating adventure through time. Unfortunately, it takes too long for the adventure to begin. While its fine to describe the future world in which Jed lives and even to establish his credentials for being chosen as humanitys savior, we shouldnt be made to wait 200-odd pages before Jed is flung back into the past. Still, he is an engaging narrator, telling his story in an easy, often humorous style. With the release later this year of the high-profile movie 2012 (also based on the Mayan prophecy), prepare for this title to be in high demand.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)

popularity
17
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/7197dcd2-cc59-4525-9ea8-09fdf53b3b58/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
7197dcd2-cc59-4525-9ea8-09fdf53b3b58
starRating
3
readingOrder
1
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1523-1/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1523-1/719/7DC/D2/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1523-1/719/7DC/D2/{7197DCD2-CC59-4525-9EA8-09FDF53B3B58}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Fiction
      • value: Literature
      • value: Thriller
      • value: Historical Fiction
publishDateText
3/26/2009
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780525950516
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
“A stunningly inventive novel that . . . weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse. BEWARE DECEMBER 21, 2012!”—Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence
 
It was predicted. We were warned. December 21, 2012. The day time stops.
 
The year is 2012. Jed DeLanda, a descendant of the Maya, is a math prodigy raking in profits from online trading. But Jed’s life is thrown into chaos when his former mentor, Taro, and a mysterious female game designer enlist Jed’s help in deciphering an ancient Mayan codex containing the secrets of the Sacrifice Game.
 
It foretells of the end of civilization, and only Jed can prevent the coming apocalypse. He must play the Game himself—in a mind-bending journey that stretches from thousands of years into the past to the very brink of the end of time.
 
“Remarkable . . . prodigious in its scope, its...
sortTitle
In the Courts of the Sun
crossRefId
225292
series
Jed DeLanda
awards
      • source: Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine
      • value: Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee - Best Book
publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
bisacCodes
      • code: FIC019000
      • description: Fiction / Literary