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.