Blasphemy by Douglas Preston Paperback Book

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Author: Douglas Preston

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: MacMillan Audio

Published: Jan 2008

Genre: Fiction - Thrillers

Retail Price: $39.95

Discs: 11

Synopsis

The world's biggest supercollider, locked in an Arizona mountain, was built to unlock the secrets of the very moment of creation: the Big Bang itself. The Torus is the most expensive machine ever created by humankind, run by the world's most powerful supercomputer. It is the brainchild of Nobel Laureate William North Hazelius. Will the Torus divulge the mysteries of the creation of the universe? Or will it, as some predict, suck the earth into a mini black hole? Or is the Torus a Satanic attempt, as a powerful televangelist decries, to challenge God Almighty on the very throne of heaven?Twelve scientists under the leadership of a famed Nobel Laureate are sent to the remote mountain to turn it on...And what they discover must be hidden from the world at all costs. Wyman Ford, ex-monk and CIA operative, is tapped to wrest from the team their secret, a secret that will either destroy the world-or save it. The countdown begins...

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Reviews

BookLender review by Priscilla on 2008-07-02 16:37:41

Implausible is fine now and then and sometimes it's even great. But this was somewhat boring implausible.