Michael Stanhope

Lieth Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Von Stein are attacked while sleeping in their Smallwood home in North Carolina. Bonnie Von Stein survived. Lieth was not so lucky. Bonnie has trouble dealing with the fact that her own son, Christopher Pritchard, along with two friends consipired to have her and her husband killed. Neal Henderson and Christopher Pritchard plead guilty and testified at the trial of James Upchurch, who was convicted and sentenced to die. Several years later, however, his sentence was vacated and Upchurch is now serving a life sentence.

Les scientifiques sont formels : une éruption solaire massive va détruire toute forme de vie sur Terre, et transformer notre planète en une gigantesque boule de feu. Les Humains envoient le vaisseau Helios vers le Soleil. Sa mission : envoyer au cœur de notre étoile une bombe à antimatière pilotée par Freddy, une intelligence artificielle. Si tout se passe comme prévu, l'éruption solaire sera déviée de sa trajectoire et la Terre sera épargnée...