Other editions of book A Potter's Tale

It was just another teenage death. Then the universe started to collapse. What secret links the collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization to the death of a precocious, modern teen? Washington Post reporters Noah Scott and Kate Chien-Forest investigate the murder of DiShannia Johns, a highly intelligent Washington high school student. The search for her killer sends them on a pressurized and anxious journey: from Washington, DC; to London, England; to CERN, the amazing, huge underground quantum physics laboratory in Switzerland; to Melbourne, Australia, the possible scene of a horrific, evil act. A journey exposing them to a secret Vatican society that touches (and sometimes ends) the lives of geniuses and presidents, prime ministers and popes. A journey overcoming betrayal, leading them to an unlikely love--and certain danger. A journey forcing them to confront the reality of a collapsing universe and its link to a Mayan discovery centuries before. The universe is closing in on them. And us. Can they save this world? The Potter Herself knows the answer embedded in this intelligent, richly detailed, can't-put-it-down thriller, this author's first (but not his last). Noah and Kate discover it. You'll learn it too--on the last page.

What secret links the collapse of an ancient civilization to the death of a precocious teen? Why did she believe the world was coming to an end? In this intelligent, richly detailed, can't-put-it-down thriller, Washington Post reporters Noah Scott and Kate Chien-Forest investigate the murder of DiShannia Johns, a vivacious, intelligent DC high school student. The search for her killer brings them to embark on a pressurized and anxious journey: from DC to London; to CERN’s underground quantum accelerator; to Melbourne, possible scene of a horrific act of terror. The journey exposes them to a secret Vatican society that controls (and sometimes ends) the lives of geniuses and presidents, prime ministers and popes. It’s a journey that overcomes betrayal, leading them to an unlikely love — and certain danger. It’s a journey that forces them—and us—to confront the reality of a collapsing universe—and to question which universe we exist in. Can they save our world? Only the Potter Herself knows the answer