The author of the Ring Trilogy that spawned blockbuster movies on both sides of the pacific presents a new level of terror with an apocalyptic work that casts the very earth and skies into doubt.
When a tram of American scientists tests new computer hardware by calculating the value of Pi into the deep decimals, the figures begin to repeat a pattern where where ought to be none. After older machines of certified reliability give the same result, a seemingly irrational fear sets in. It's mathematically untenable—unless the physical constants that undergird our universe have altered, ever so slightly…
