A maverick astrophysicist, a rookie secret agent, and an uncanny consultant join forces in this technological thriller to stop the capture of a submicroscopic black hole whose power will be harnessed to transform - or end - the world. More than a hundred years earlier, the most violent cosmic collision ever recorded flattened a remote area in Tunguska, Siberia. Now, astrophysicist Jack Adler, conducting research at the site, discovers a tiny black hole at the center of the mysterious event, and alarmingly, the object has ...
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A maverick astrophysicist, a rookie secret agent, and an uncanny consultant join forces in this technological thriller to stop the capture of a submicroscopic black hole whose power will be harnessed to transform - or end - the world. More than a hundred years earlier, the most violent cosmic collision ever recorded flattened a remote area in Tunguska, Siberia. Now, astrophysicist Jack Adler, conducting research at the site, discovers a tiny black hole at the center of the mysterious event, and alarmingly, the object has been burrowing its way through the Earth's core ever since. Meanwhile, secret agent Marianna Bonaventure enlists the help of Jonathan Knox, an analyst with an uncanny ability to find hidden relationships between seemingly disparate people and events, to search for three missing scientists and infiltrate the floating headquarters of a Russian industrialist.
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VG in VG to VG- jacket. Signed by the Author. Signed by the Author. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; some creases & small chips at edges. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; previous owner's crimp; overall clean & tight. 502 pages.
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New in new dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated 'One naked singularity can ruin your whole day! ' by the author on the half-title page (no personalization). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 512 p. Audience: General/trade. New, unread copy with dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. The Gold Medal for Science Fiction-, Ippy Prize-, and Ben Franklin Best New Voice Award-winning debut novel that advanced the long-disparaged hypothesis that the devastation of the Tunguska basin in 1908 was caused by a submicroscopic, primordial black hole, by the author of 'Dualism. ' Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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