To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. But before she can warn the president, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a team of assassins. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. 2013