When bizarre radiation storms suddenly erupt, defense systems are wiped out, polar outposts are incinerated, and space debris blasts holes clear through our planet. Now a tough federal agent, a cool government scientist, and his brilliant, rebellious son have uncovered a magnetospheric nightmare that could stop the Earth's rotation. Do a disgraced inventor and an archaic satellite hold the sole keys to our survival, or is the clock ticking towards the annihilation of mankind?
