A compelling novel of scientific speculation and mystery, in the vein of THE DA VINCI CODE. A research station in Eastern Europe is suddenly bombarded with rhythmic bursts of subnuclear particles from the skies - a pattern so complex that it can only have come from a highly evolved intelligence. The scientists are amazed by the information that the messages reveal: secrets of an alien technology far in advance of our own. Should the signal be acknowledged and contact established? The world's superpowers have other ideas, and suddenly the scientists find themselves at the heart of a global conspiracy - on the run from forces determined to suppress the messages and what they contain. And what will be the effect on a world suddenly faced with unimaginable technological breakthrough...?
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In a top-secret research facility, a team of scientists receive an unexpected message from the depths of space.
At first, the blizzard of sub-nuclear particles seemed random. But soon a pattern emerges that could only have come from an alien intelligence far more advanced than our own. Now it's up to Irish mathematician Tom Petrie to decode these messages and unlock their secret--one that is believed to contain an unimaginable technological breakthrough, and has the power to change the course of human history...unless the world's superpowers succeed in suppressing the truth. Can Petrie and his team unmask the message's true intent while evading those who aim to crush its extraordinary revelations? A desperate race against time--and through space--is about to begin....
The Lure
Praise for Bill Napier's SPLINTERED ICON
"Incredible...extraordinary."--Jeff Long
"Fans of Dan Brown take note."--Jack Du Brul
"Deftly mixing history, science, and fiction, Napier keeps the action escalating..."--Publishers Weekly
About the Author:
Professor Bill Napier is an astronomer at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland and an honorary professor at the Institute for Astrobiology of Cardiff University. He is interested in the relationship between life and the Universe and is a leading authority on the celestial hazard issue. He has co-authored three scientific books and about eighty research papers, and has written two previous thrillers.
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- PublisherHeadline Book Publishing
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0747267278
- ISBN 13 9780747267270
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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