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PROLOGUE

April 18, 1906

Sonoma County, Northern California

Thunder shook the unlit cavern as an i, e split in two and the twin streaan to circle their respective pillars Theyaround the colu their way upward toward the underside of a curved, ether like the arain before vanishing in a final, eye-searing flash

Darkness followed

Ozone lingered in the air

On the floor of the cavern, a group of ht-blind from the display The flash had been impressive, but they’d all seen electricity before Every one of the more

“Is that it?” a gruff voice asked

The words caure of a ht-year-old Daniel Watterson, a slight, blond-haired reathad come

Watterson studied a bank of dies “I’m not actually sure,” he whispered to hiotten this far, not even Michael Faraday or the great Nikola Tesla But if Watterson was right — if his calculations and his theory and years of serving as Tesla’s apprentice had led him to understand as about to occur — then the display of light they’d just witnessed should be only the beginning

He switched off the main power, stepped away frolasses from his face Despite the darkness, he couldfrom the columns He raised his eyes to the do around its inner surface