Artifact

When an operational mining detachment uncovers an ancient artifact three miles below the Martian surface, Lance Kattar – one of the most respected particle physicists in his field –accepts a request from the National Security Council to take part in a panel of experts selected to examine the find. The moment his hand touches the object, Lance sets off a series of cataclysmic events that threaten the very fabric of human existence. With help from a diverse group of survivors...
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When an operational mining detachment uncovers an ancient artifact three miles below the Martian surface, Lance Kattar – one of the most respected particle physicists in his field –accepts a request from the National Security Council to take part in a panel of experts selected to examine the find. The moment his hand touches the object, Lance sets off a series of cataclysmic events that threaten the very fabric of human existence. With help from a diverse group of survivors – an orphaned young girl, an anthropologist from SETI, a low-voltage electrician and a baseball-bat wielding biology teacher – Lance embarks on an odyssey of revelation and self-discovery, as he finds himself racing to unravel the mystery of the ancient artifact from Mars, before it collapses into a singularity of world-ending possibilities.