From the safe altitude of a B-52, Jerome Campbell watches an experiment that will redefine the very nature of warfare. A new type of bomb, a 30-foot-long device dropped from a C-130 , is being tested, and the world's military and scientific leaders are watching alongside him.
The moment the device detonates, it unleashes a force beyond all theoretical models. Devastation comes from an unexpected tertiary blast—a colossal fireball that ignites the atmosphere itself, dwarfing the power of a hydrogen bomb and leveling everything in its path.
In the aftermath, two chilling anomalies remain. The test is over, but the terrifying questions have just begun.