01637cam a2200313 4500 363650370 TxAuBib 20101206120000.0 091204s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008055574 9780525950974 hardcover 0525950974 hardcover (OCoLC)233548454 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP DOV UPZ SAP EINCP C#P BWX CDX VP@ CQU SJL DLC TxAuBib Khoury, Raymond. The sign / Raymond Khoury. New York : Dutton, 2009. 464 p. ; 24 cm. In this gripping thriller, a scientific expedition in Antarctica stops for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist Gracie Logan begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived--the entire event witnessed by an incredulous world audience. Meanwhile, a monk in Egypt experiences visions that seemed connected, and back in Boston, Matt Sherwood learns that his brother's death may have been actually murder related to this erupting worldwide controversy over the meaning of this "sign" in the sky. 20091204. Curiosities and wonders Fiction. Scientific expeditions Antarctica Fiction. Television journalists Fiction. Belief and doubt Fiction. Conspiracies Fiction. Murder Fiction. Monks Egypt Fiction. Suspense fiction.