The Lure
2002

A good adventure/thriller/sci fi story with a little romance thrown in.
Set in the near future or present day.
A combined team of British and Russian scientists are deep in a cave
in Eastern Europe working on a joint
project.  Nearing its end, the project has nothing to show after 6 years.  When suddenly, they detect a major particle storm.  After some study of the particles they begin to see a pattern.  Irish mathematician Tom Petrie is called in to decipher the patterns.
Then the governments of the represented countries become involved.
Can they find out the meaning of the patterns?  Who do they notify, how and when?
A desperate race against time begins.........