An apocalyptic supernova flashes over the South Pole. A mysterious mission sent deep into the Amazon.The story of one family's struggle to reunite...Max Carver, a down-on-his-luck truck driver and Army vet, joins a rescue mission into Brazil. The target is a utopian tech village, the Colony, hidden in the rainforest and run by a charismatic genius. Max's pregnant wife, Talisha Carver, is the NSA analyst who intercepted encrypted Colony messages signaling a mysterious impending event.Dr. Xin Rou is a Chinese researcher working at the IceCube neutrino experiment at the South Pole. On lucky days a single flash might signal the passage of a ghostly interstellar particle. Suddenly, IceCube's entire array lights up. A million detectors at once. Which is impossible. The Antarctic sky is clear and calm - but she is already running for the door.Because the world is about to end.But the mystery only just begins...SELECTED PRAISE and u0026 REVIEWSMATTHEW MATHER"Terrifying because so plausible." - Washington Post bestseller Steven Konkoly"Apocalyptic sci-fi at its most exciting." - New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sansbury Smith"Mather creates characters you've instantly known your whole life." - BOING BOING editor Jason Weisberger"Relentless pacing...bombshell plot twists." - Publishers Weekly on Dreaming Tree