Robot Asteroid
Description
Washington, DC.
One possible future.
Once again, winter descends mid-September. Crops have failed, store shelves are barren, and hyperinflation ravages the economy. Riots grip the cities. Civil rights are gone, swept away by a terrified government teetering on the verge of collapse. Internationally, China threatens war with Russia over a disputed region of Siberia.
Two researchers and a Russian spy uncover a tattered journal in the Smithsonian. It tells of a long-forgotten expedition to a cave filled with ancient Egyptian relics in the Grand Canyon. And a prophecy: The time of troubles will soon return.
Astronauts on a secret mission to a wayward asteroid discover that an alien base buried deep beneath its surface is causing Earth's freakish weather. A grisly mechanical plague has massacred its inhabitants, making metal of their flesh.
And the asteroid is headed for Earth.
The salvation of mankind depends on solving an ancient, cryptic riddle.
What is-the Number of Infinity?
