More than three decades ago, Dr. Kathleen Sainsbury's archaeologist parents were murdered at an ancient excavation site in Iraq. Now the gifted biologist stands on the brink of a miraculous breakthrough: the discovery of a gene that could extend a human life by hundreds of years. But at the moment of her greatest triumph, a mysterious phone call reveals a hidden truth that draws chaos and violence once again into Kathleen's world . . . and threatens to irreversibly alter the destiny of humankind.

For somewhere in the shadows, powerful unseen

forces are watching . . . and waiting.

Suddenly Kathleen is a target of covert government

operatives as she races to uncover the mystery

behind her parents' secret research and brutal deaths—

a mystery locked in the human genome, in the

sands of antiquity, and in the Book of Genesis.

More than survival is at stake for

Dr. Kathleen Sainsbury. The future of all humanity

hangs in the balance . . . and the prize

is...