The earth is in crisis. Energy is fast running out. But Professor Elijah Zind, a brilliant physicist, has a plan. Unfortunately, if it doesn't work, our Universe and all it contains will be destroyed. Will it go ahead? Will it succeed? We meet, among others, an overbearing trillionaire, a thoughtful master criminal, an eccentric student of Egyptology, and a nosey journalist. Along the way, also, secrets are revealed in this thrilling race to, hopefully, save our civilisation.