Below ‘Red Mesa’ on a Navaho Indian Reservation, a particle accelerator named ’Isabella’ is brought on line. However, the test run takes a turn when a “greetings” message is received from the centre of co-ordinate zero. The stunned scientists power the machine down to trace a possible hacker, but have the scientists, headed by the brilliant and disarmingly charming Gregory North Hazelius, actually been contacted by God?
Preston introduces a mix of interesting characters from the disgruntled Navaho Indians who feel the scientists are not giving back to their community in exchange for the use of their land, a TV evangelist lobbying against the justification of spending $40 billion on a machine that may disprove God as the creator, to a wild card hick minister convinced that the countdown to Armageddon has begun.
Wyman Ford, an undercover operative, is sent in to infiltrate the team and get some answers as to why the scientists have cut themselves off from the rest of the world and won’t release the results of their test run. Ford soon learns that God moves in mysterious ways.
This was an exciting novel that asked plenty of questions with an ending that was very satisfactory. I really enjoyed it.
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