Undercover climatologist Martin Faber is kidnapped by a group calling itself Forces of Popular Defense. They want the immediate withdrawal of all NATO troops from within 150 miles of Mt. Ararat.

Each chapter tells about one character in a revolving method with Julia narrating her own movements. This change in point of view can be difficult to manage but the author does it well.

Julia is rescued when there is an attempt on her life. Col. Nicholas Allen of the National Security Agency not only saves her but tells her about her husband's kidnapping. Allen believes that her husband left a means to save him in the body of the message he was forced to send.

Faber is being held by a group that feels they can communicate with angels and that they will be returned to heaven but first must destroy the earth.

Faber and Julia have a set of stones that are magical and the possessors can see things when they hold them. The group that wants to destroy the earth needs these stones.

The plot of the story was too farfetched for me even though the author gives plenty of scientific evidence of why it could happen.