Elik Mangor has a huge problem: his three-yearproject is in danger of being cancelledbecause it isn't meeting the goals originallyset out for it. If he's forced to shut it down,billions of people will die in a heartbeat.Libby Burgess, the executive editor of a NYCpublishing house, has a huge problem, too.God, or at least some dude claiming to beour Creator, has mysteriously contacted her,asking for her help in saving the planet. Allshe has to do is convene a meeting of theworld's foremost scientists and theologiansin front of whom he, the Creator, will supposedlyappear in person. How can she, with astraight face, ever ask those prominentluminaries to take such an unlikely gamble?