Syzygy Author:Frederik Pohl TIME: EIGHT SECONDS INTO THE FUTURE — Scientists and psychics are predicting eruptions and earthquakes that could devastate half the earth, caused by a rare conjunction of the planets. It's called SYZYGY. — PLACE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — A ruthless land speculator decides to make a quick killing by starting a panic. Then others cash in on the Syz... more »ygy Effect for their own greed: a crackpot cult preaching doom, a politician out for votes, a quack scientist out to make the headlines.
PROGNOSIS: DISASTER
When California is paralyzed by brushfires and flash floods, hysteria explodes. Only a dedicated scientist and a beautiful NASA astrophysicist can prevent massisve destruction. But they're up against forces that will stop at nothing to keep the truth from getting out.« less