After her mentor is killed in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Samatha Driggs, a New York Times science editor, embarks on an odyssey to Thailand to capture the scientific story he had begun to write. What Samatha discovers is much more complicated and critical to the Earth's future than a simple science story for a newspaper. She finds herself at the nucleus of our time-- and recognizes her role in the reconciliation of our society. Unfortunately, the role she discovers for herself is a not a shared vision-- quickly learning that there are forces in the world that are neither ready for her...