She found the fossils out in the sun-baked Tonopah desert, along with more trouble than she'd ever dreamed of . . . . If Melissa Lewis had known that she and her three high school students were trespassing in a restricted military zone, they'd have left before they ever stumbled across the fossilized bones. As a creationist in paleontology, Melissa suspects she's onto something incredible. What she doesn't know is that she's under surveillance by U.S. Marines. And that's just for openers. Her discovery has also placed her in the cross-hairs of hired killers. And it's about to sweep her into a deadly vortex of top-level government scandal, FBI investigations, high-tech military maneuvers, and nuclear testing. Through it all, one thing becomes abundantly clear. Someone will do anything to gain possession of Melissa's fossils. Between Melissa and a hit man's bullet stands only her faith . . . and one courageous marine. But can he protect her from circumstances deadlier than the brutal Nevada desert? From the best-selling author of Appearance of Evil and Eden's Gate comes Tonopah: gut-twisting action woven with insights into the origins of the world and the relationship between personal choice and eternal destiny.