<b>From the front flap of the Timescape first edition:</b> "A gripping novel of science, ethics and suspense, <i>Broken Symmetries</i> takes the reader into the high-pressure, high-stakes world of international physics - where scientific advances can change the world - or destroy it.
<p>The time is the near future. In the pineapple fields of Hawaii stands TERAC, the world's newest and largest particle accelerator. A joint venture of the Japanese and American governments, TERAC is manned by one of the finest international scientific teams in the world, led by Dr. Martin Edovich. And is team has made a discovery that will change the face of modern physics.
<p>According to Edovich, the newly discovered subatomic particle which may win him the Novel Prize is harmless. But according to the calculations of Peter Slater, the brilliant young physicist whose theoretical work predicted the particle, it should be unstable, explosive - perhaps capable of causing worldwide disaster. As the dedication ceremonies for TERAC approach and the world press descends on Hawaii, Slater gives an interview on his theories to an investigative reporter, Gardner Hays, that leads Hays into the maze of scientific and political complexities surrounding TERAC, trapping him in a web of secrecy and intrigue.
<p>And then there is a small accident - just a little explosion.
<p>Is the mysterious particle the cause? If Slater is right, Edovich, a former weapons researcher, is playing the most dangerous game the world has ever seen."
