The Twelfth Planet by Zecharia Sitchin

Wow! I finally finished this book. I started it a looong time ago. The thing about this book is that most people won't be able to sit down and read it all at once. Sitchin is a smart writer and he definitely did his research. This book isn't for the faint of heart and it isn't an easy read either. There's a lot of theories and information in this book.

Sitchin pulls from old texts such as the Bible, Mesopotamian writings, Akkadian writings, tablets, hieroglyphs, and pictographs as well as some of the research done more recently regarding ancient times and findings thereof. Using all of these sources he postulates a theory, and in my opinion a fairly valid one, of where man came from and how that affected such events as the Biblical fall of man and the Great Flood. What I like also is that he doesn't tear down the fact that God may (or in some opinions may not) exist. But he does "play" with the idea that man may have been created by another source.

To me, his theories are very intriguing and Sitchin backs them up well with all the written, recorded evidence and ancient stone carvings. A very good read and the first in a series of 9 or 10 books, just don't expect to curl up with it when you're tired and in bed because you probably won't keep your eyes open for too long.