When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts’ increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who—and what—is at the heart of the crime.

Three rising scientists within the Pacific League of Nations form an uneasy alliance to secure first contact with a mysterious alien race before their rivals formulate a potentially disastrous military response, forcing them to solve puzzles rooted within human antiquity, confront their personal demons and discover truths of the universe.

"A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean leads a group of scientists to a series of jaw-dropping revelations that challenge the notion of what it means to be human. An enormous snow-covered mountain has appeared in the Pacific Ocean. No one knows when exactly it showed up, precisely how big it might be, or how to explain its existence. When Harold Tunmore, a scientist of mysterious...