The President sends her to the Arctic as part of a team of experts to confirm and authenticate findings made by NASA deep within the Milne Ice Shelf.NASA's new Earth Observation System (EOS,) a collection of satellites constantly monitoring the globe for signs of large-scale change,has found an extremely dense spot in the Milne Ice Shelf.

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.To verify the authenticity of the find,the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton.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.But before she can warn the president,Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a team of assassins.Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape,their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot.The truth,they will learn,is the most shocking deception of all.