Believed to be the brilliantly gifted descendant of Albert Einstein, 19-year-old Michael Gupta has been kidnapped by members of the True Believers, a militant religious cult whose leader plans to use the formula for universal theory that Michael has memorized to create a weapon that will destroy the world at the same time leading the True Believers to heaven. Michael's adopted parents, science historian David Swift and physicist Monique Reynolds, are frantic as they search for their autistic son. To make matters even worse, Iran has just tested a nuclear device, setting the entire world on high alert.
Time is of the essence as David and Monique are joined by FBI special Agent Lucille Parker on a desperate quest to not only locate and rescue Michael, but to save the world from extinction. The action is nonstop as they race from Jerusalem to Turkmenistan, never knowing what they'll encounter around the next corner. Will they find Michael in time to stop the coming apocalypse?
At times the scientific theory makes for some deep reading, but tense narrative and exciting feats of daring sustain the nail-biting suspense in this intellectual scientific thriller.
βThe wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid. And a child shall lead them.β
She smiled. βThatβs you, Michael. Thatβs why Brother Cyrus
needs you. Youβre going to help us fulfill the prophecy.β
The Omega Theory opens with media reports that, despite U.S.
warnings, Iran has tested a nuclear bomb.
But the blast from the device is different and far more
dangerous than that of any previous nuclear weapon.
Surveillance instruments show that for one split second an
event occurred that had not taken place since the Big Bang
fourteen billion years ago. Meanwhile, science historian
David Swift and quantum physicist Monique Reynolds learn
that their autistic son, Michael, has been kidnapped by a
militant cult called the True Believers. Michael, a
descendant of Albert Einstein, has inherited Einsteinβs
remarkable intelligence and is the only person in the world
who knows Einsteinβs last secretβthe Final Theory, a set of
equations that could explain all the forces of nature. Only
those who understand the key to creation could know how to
destroy it. The Iranian nuclear blast is a demonstration of
this understanding. Soon David and Monique realize their
desperate search for Michael is also a desperate race to
stop the horrific power of the theory from being unleashed.
Joining forces with FBI Agent Lucille Parker, David and
Monique race from the Old City of Jerusalem to the deserts
of Turkmenistan to rescue Michael and stop the cultβs
fanatic leader. Their journey proves just how difficult it
is to stop those who are willing to die in the name of God.
Praised by bestselling peers such as Douglas Preston and
James Rollins, Mark Alpert shows he is at the top of his
writing game and the cutting edge of science, seamlessly
weaving fact and fiction with nonstop heart-pounding action
in this explosive thriller.
We will never see our universe in quite the same way
again.
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