Aeon Rising: The Apocalypse Begins

An apocalyptic supernova flashes over the South Pole. A mysterious mission sent deep into the Amazon.
The story of one family’s struggle to reunite…

Max Carver, a down-on-his-luck truck driver and Army vet, joins a rescue mission into Brazil. The target is a utopian tech village, the Colony, hidden in the rainforest and run by a charismatic genius. Max’s pregnant wife, Talisha Carver, is the NSA analyst who intercepted encrypted Colony messages signaling a mysterious impending event.

Dr. Xin Rou is a Chinese researcher working at the IceCube neutrino experiment at the South Pole. On lucky days a single flash might signal the passage of a ghostly interstellar particle. Suddenly, IceCube’s entire array lights up. A million detectors at once. Which is impossible. The Antarctic sky is clear and calm—but she is already running for the door.

Because the world is about to end.
But the mystery only just begins...


SELECTED PRAISE & REVIEWS
MATTHEW MATHER

“Terrifying because so plausible.”
—Washington Post bestseller Steven Konkoly

“Apocalyptic sci-fi at its most exciting.”
—New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sansbury Smith

“Mather creates characters you've instantly known your whole life.”
—BOING BOING editor Jason Weisberger

“Relentless pacing…bombshell plot twists.”
—Publishers Weekly on Dreaming Tree