The Sign

New York: Dutton, 2009. Z2 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and tiny tear on the edges, label on the back, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. New York Times bestselling author of The Last Templar Raymond Khoury returns with a provocative thriller in which humanity may meet its salvation - or its destruction. 9.5"x6.5", 464 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. In Antarctica, a scientific expedition drops anchor to witness the breakup of the ice shelf. As journalist Grace Logan begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in a luminous blaze before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived, the entire event witnesses by a breathless world audience. On a mountaintop in Egypt, a solitary priest contemplates the magnificence of God's creation spread out in the valley below him. His presence in this holy place is a mystery even to him; he is certain only of the elusive power of the calling he feels and the compulsive need to record in writing-to draw-the vision that repeatedly consumes him. In a dusty bar nearby, the brilliant, glowing symbol on the television stops the patrons cold. One man crosses himself repeatedly and rushes out, muttering the same phrase over and over again... It can't be. In Boston, Matt Sherwood discovers his brother's death might not be all it seemed to be-and that it may somehow be related to the controversial phenomenon that's sweeping the globe and threatening to erupt into violence and chaos. The world holds its breath as Gracie and Matt chase down the story of a lifetime: Has God finally decided to reveal himself? Or is someone accelerating the birth of a new age in which faith, hope and belief will fall before the alters of power, greed and death?. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.