From the mountain's ancient rock a prophecy of doom is fulfilledThe Mountain of the Holy Cross near Roaring Fork, Colorado, has been held sacred by generations of followers of the Telluric Faith. But now the mountain is a temple of science, for deep within the ancient rock lies the Solar Neutrino Research Station, both feared and hated by the Tellurians. Since the Station started operating, bizarre events have been taking place: babies born normal in every respect but one; deaths from radiation sickness; violent earth tremors; freak electrical storms . . . and the resurgence of the fanatical Tellurians.When science journalist Frank Kersh arrives to report on the Station's work he is drawn into a series of mysterious events that lead him to some very unscientific conclusions about the research programme. Soon he is involved in a maelstrom of savage violence and destruction as an apocalyptic Tellurian prophet foretells the end of the world.