His detailed work in his non-fiction books: Fingerprints of the Gods, Underworld, The Mars Mystery, Keeper of Genesis, The Sign and the Seal, Talisman, Heaven's Mirror and his newest Supernatural (2007) are page-turning, thought-provoking, eye-opening, ground-breaking, life-changing, sometimes earth-shattering, and above all - compelling, unique, epic, captivating, enthralling, absorbing, penetrating and awesome.
Fingerprints of the Gods, his masterpiece, is a revolutionary piece of antedeluvian detective work. Spanning the globe, Hancock presents his view of prehistory, piecing together fascinating bits of evidence to prove that a mysterious civilization, existing before the last ice age, populated Earth building the megalithic structures that so baffle us to this day. His logical approach and scientific evidence lay the groundwork to re-write our concept of linear history.
His life's work and legacy is to quest for the truth to mankind's history and a "mother culture" we have forgotten about like "a species with amnesia" as he would say.
His book, The Sign and the Seal, is an earlier work, well worth the re-read. Indiana Jones has nothing on this grail quest that ends up in a church in Ethiopia.
The Mars Mystery is a compelling look to our neighboring planet - it's current state, how it got there and what it might mean for Earth. It touches on the Cydonia mystery as well. Logical, intelligent and a great read. Much better than anything King or Crichton could make up because it's real!
His current book, Supernatural, is a phenomenon. Truly, on the level of nothing we have read before (quite the feat!), it is an intriguing work into the supernatural realm, through the Shaman who experience it. Exhaustive research went into this book, including Hancock's own journey of discovery, as he drinks the "Vine of the Soul" and encounters his own supernatural visions. What is it about the Shamanic experience that is common to all continents, religions, and cultures? How could an Australian Aborigine with no outside contact (Internet, phones, etc..) describe the same exact thing that an African Shaman or Amazonian Shaman can? Are they seeing the same things? Are they really just a "vision" or is there something more real to the experience? There is an argument here for an invisible dimension filled with very real beings that have been guiding mankind for thousands of years.
This the stuff iconoclasts are made of.
We recommend him for some great archeological reading. Start with his masterpiece, Fingerprints of the Gods.
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