Summer Solstice. 21 June 2008. Matthew Bolger a l2 year old Chicago student goes to Lake Titicaca to see the sunken Inca cities at summer solstice. Matthew goes scuba diving unsupervised, faints and goes into coma. In his coma he lives in the Middle Earth among Incas. His Inca life lasts until the High Priest sacrifices him to ensure a good harvest. The end of the world. 21 December 2012. In 2012 Matthew Bolger visits the famous ancient Crystal Skull in the museum. Accidentally discovers that a girl is secreted in the Skull. With Harvey Berger, a spiritualist, they steal the Skull and take it to Machu Pichu where a Shaman offers to free the girl in exchange for the Skull. A Shura, a female Shaman, helps to free the girl without giving the Skull to the Shaman. The Shamans kidnap Matthew's mother and hide her in Tibet. Berger and Matthew overcome difficult obstacles, they get into Lhasa illegally, trick the Shaman guarding Matthew's mother and help her escape. They prevented the Crystal Skull getting into the hands of the Shamans whose masters in the Orion may wanted to use it to destroy the world.