The endless ocean and ferocious storms forever doom the Technicians to live a delicate existence somewhere between the tortuous winds above and the crushing depths below. They toil endlessly to shore up the perimeter of the wave-torn ancient structure they inhabit. For countless generations no one has seen anything more than brief glimpses of the chaotic 'topside'. Holding on to some parts of ancient technologies, the basic knowledge of where they came from and the nature of their world have long been forgotten. When their great floating city threatens to break apart, the Technician race must search for a place to colonize. Since no one has ever heard of 'anywhere else', where could they possibly go? As if the breakup of the city wasn't bad enough, the experts detect a mysterious object in the deep more massive than a hundred cities -- and it's passing beneath them. Twin brothers Ix and Mox set out on a journey to rediscover what their ancestors knew, a move that will either save the Technicians or destroy everything they've ever known.

The earth will eventually be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory. But how will our current world ever become the heaven of our dreams? The Lord is already on it; and, as the essays in this book provocatively proposes, He's following good engineering principles. Joseph Fielding Smith said, regarding inventions in these latter days, "The inspiration of the Lord has gone out and takes hold of the minds of men, though they know it not, and they are directed by the Lord. In this manner he brings them into his service." If there is "no such thing as immaterial matter," and "all spirit is matter," then what are the implications for such standard theological principles as creation, human progression, free will, transfiguration, resurrection, and immortality? In eleven stimulating essays, Mormon engineers probe gospel possibilities and future vistas dealing with human nature, divine progression, and the earth's future. Richard Bushman poses a vision-expanding proposal: "The end point of engineering knowledge may be divine knowledge. Mormon theology permits us to think of God and humans as collaborators in bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Engineers may be preparing the way for humans to act more like gods in managing the world."