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by: Douglas Preston  List Price: $25.95 Amazon.com's Price: $17.13 You Save: $8.82 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780765311054 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0765311054 Label: Forge Books Manufacturer: Forge Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: January 08, 2008 Publisher: Forge Books Release Date: January 08, 2008 Studio: Forge Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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… Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Hardly Anti-Christian - But Still....The criticisms of this book's portrayal of a large government funded science project are not only accurate - they are mild. I'm surprised that the author let it go at that. I mean the idea that roughly a dozen personnel man a huge project in total isolation doing their own laundry, frying up their own spuds and cleaning each others' toilets is silly beyond belief. Add that this supposedly $40B project sits with no security except a fence which is easily broken down and you find a book ... Read More Rating: - A good read but no need to be outragedI have to admit that I do not understand the controversy about the book. In the beginning, Blasphemy is about power politics and how fundamentalist Christians, here embodied in a sleazy televangelist, can influence politics in D.C. Only then does the narrative shift to a point where the various characters stand for a certain necessity to believe, either in a god or in science. The fundamentalist pastor and the televangelist are unable to accept science, which only reflects the attitude of some Americans ... Read More Rating:  - After CERNHow could someone who remember CERN this past summer and not love this novel is beyond me. It even helps you understand a lot about what CERN is all all about. It's a shame we have to wait till next year before CERN is turning it on again. This is a GREAT NOVEL!! Rating: - A Fantastic ReadThis book will definitely give you "food for thought". I thoroughly enjoyed it and could hardly put it down between reading. It's suspenseful, intriguing and downright scary. It's makes you fully realize how fanatical one of the most popular religions in our country (USA) can be. It is truly a fantastic read. Rating: - Guilty Pleasure for Amateur Science NerdsBlasphemy is a Douglas Preston novel that tells the tale of a group of scientists working on the Isabella, the newest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Along the way they encounter problems from the local Navajo, some Christian fundamentalists, and a machine that provides a great mystery. With the excitement surrounding the new particle accelerator at CERN, this book caught my eye. It mixes a lot of up-to-date issues in our world. The constant moral and ideological struggle ... Read More 
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