Blasphemy

Blasphemy
by Douglas Preston

Blasphemy
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Author: Douglas Preston
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN: 0765311054
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Forge Books

Book Reviews of Blasphemy

Book Review: This book creates discomfort
Summary: 5 Stars

This book creates discomfort, I'm sure, in a broad range of readers. I know there were moments when I was looking into my own mirror and thinking about my own views of Christianity and science.

That said, this was a page-turning read for me, start to finish, I appreciated the story, the conflict, and even the ambiguity of the ending. To those who criticize Wayman for not standing up against the new "cult" may I remind you that he refused to denounce his own faith at gunpoint?

That intrigued me, that with all the flawed characters (and every character in this book was flawed) there were two who preferred death over denial of what they truly believed. There were definitely moments in the so-called God conversation that made me squirm. There were also moments that made me say "Wow!"

Preston's best book yet, IMO.

Summary of Blasphemy

The world's biggest supercollider, locked in an Arizona mountain, was built to reveal the secrets of the very moment of creation: the Big Bang itself. ?The Torus is the most expensive machine ever created by humankind, run by the world's most powerful supercomputer. It is the brainchild of Nobel Laureate William North Hazelius. Will the Torus divulge the mysteries of the creation of the universe? Or will it, as some predict, suck the earth into a mini black hole? Or is the Torus a Satanic attempt, as a powerful televangelist decries, to challenge God Almighty on the very throne of Heaven? ?Twelve scientists under the leadership of Hazelius are sent to the remote mountain to turn it on, and what they discover must be hidden from the world at all costs. Wyman Ford, ex-monk and CIA operative, is tapped to wrest their secret, a secret that will either destroy the world.or save it. ?The countdown begins.

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