The Seventh Seal
Antarctica, summer of 2002. Howard Dawson, chief scientist at the American Antarctic scientific station, McMurdo, receives a radio contact from the Argentinean scientific station, Marambio. The Argentineans are at the Larsen B ice shelf and report that the shelf is shaking and on the verge of collapse. Puzzled, Dawson requests satellite imagery and is astonished to find the assessment credible. He immediately flies to the Antarctic Peninsula, where Larsen B lies. Once there, he bewilderedly watches the ice shelf disintegrate. Dawson is overwhelmed by the sight of a slab of ice the size of Rhode Island separating from Antarctica, and returns in shock to McMurdo. Alone in his lab, he prepares to file a report on the biggest global warming event ever seen by human eyes.
Antarctica, summer of 2002. Howard Dawson, chief scientist at the American Antarctic scientific station, McMurdo, receives a radio contact from the Argentinean scientific station, Marambio. The Argentineans are at the Larsen B ice shelf and report that the shelf is shaking and on the verge of collapse. Puzzled, Dawson requests satellite imagery and is astonished to find the assessment credible. He immediately flies to the Antarctic Peninsula, where Larsen B lies. Once there, he bewilderedly watches the ice shelf disintegrate. Dawson is overwhelmed by the sight of a slab of ice the size of Rhode Island separating from Antarctica, and returns in shock to McMurdo. Alone in his lab, he prepares to file a report on the biggest global warming event ever seen by human eyes.
A stranger steps in and points a gun at him.
Bang. Bang, Bang.
The report is never written.
World famous cryptanalyst Tomás Noronha is approached by Interpol agent Alexander Orlov, who hires him for a strange investigation. Two scientists were killed a few years ago, both on the same day in the summer of 2002: an American in Antarctica and a Spaniard in Barcelona. Both were well acquainted with Filipe Madureira, an old high school friend of Tomás. Filipe has since disappeared and Interpol wants Tomás to track him down. Orlov also wants the cryptanalyst’s help to decipher a message left by the assassins near the victims’ bodies - an ancient biblical mystery:
“666”
The Number of the Beast.
To solve the killer’s biblical riddle and to find his long lost friend, Tomás tries to trace Filipe’s last known steps. The investigation puts him in the track of humankind’s biggest challenges in the next few years: global warming and the end of oil.
Is there hope?
“When He broke the seventh seal, there was silence in Heavens”
Thus Revelation announces the beginning of Apocalypse.
Based on true scientific data about climate change and genuine Aramco documents dealing with the major problems facing world and Saudi oil production, The Seventh Seal takes us on a daunting journey to the impending disaster facing humankind and our planet.
“José Rodrigues dos Santos focuses on current affairs issues with a solid historical and scientific background. While proving himself in keen command of the arts of suspense and the thriller, he masterfully weaves a complex net of mysteries that envelop the reader and bind him to a frequently addictive reading.”
“This is a novel that grabs the readers from the beginning until the end, especially because not everything is fiction and some of these threats are for real.”
“Once you start reading this book, you just can’t put it aside. It’s written in a simple, direct and fluid style, drawing you into a plot supported by true scientific data. (…) It’s thrilling and an eye-opener.”
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March 13, 2023 Review The Seventh Seal Diário do Sul, PortugalDiário do Sul Portugal “Masterly using his experience as a journalist and reporter, José Rodrigues dos Santos fills his novels with novelesque creativity and sophisticated research of scientific and technical... -
October 13, 2007 Interview The Seventh for Diário de NotíciasInterview for Diário de Notícias Portugal, October 2007 You begin this book with a note about the accuracy of the technical information within and close it with a warning that Revelation’s...
