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...

some Call It The Greatest Scientific Breakthrough In History, Others Call It Blasphemy

the Washington Post - Patrick Anderson

blasphemy Will Be Considered Precisely That By Many Readers On The Christian Right, And Even A Secular Humanist Would Have To Say Its Bad Guys Are Cartoonish. But The Scenes Of Howling Christians Eagerly Killing Fellow Americans Who Don't Share Their Views Are Chilling, And History Reminds Us That The More Feverish Advocates Of Most Religions Have Been Spilling Innocent Blood For Centuries. The Novel Is Entirely Readable, And Its Satire Of Religious Extremism, If Heavy-handed, Often Strikes Home.