Dante's Equation by Jane Jensen

I'm submitting this book because it is unlike anything I ever choose to read. At the risk of putting all potential readers off, it begins as a modern mystery, evolves into a science fiction and spirals into a sci-fi-fantasy. My dad suggested it to me after I had our twins and surprisingly I was able to read it easily. I've never read a sci-fi/fantasy. I don't even enjoy Star Trek. Therefore know: it might take a few chapters to get into, but when read with an open mind it is a fun, easy, modern read and refreshing in its originality (though quite possibly the most unbeliavable thing you'll read this year.) The following is a synopsis found on Amazon.com

The book supposes that there are multiple planets and universes, each with its own proportion of Good and Evil. Earth is a world where Good and Evil are 50/50, but in other worlds, the proportions might be 30/70 etc., and this affects both the physical surroundings and the beings that live on those worlds. (Hence the reference to Dante, whose "Inferno" described a multi-layered "Hell" with different types of "worlds" suited to different sins. In "Dante's Equation," there are various types of "heavens" as well.)

The alternate worlds can be accessed through a mini-wormhole that exists just outside the fence around Auschwitz. During the Holocaust, a rabbi vanished there in plain sight of credible witnesses. Now both the mystics and the scientists are trying to find that extrance again. But the problem with this wormhole is that "like attracts like" and you end up in the world that is most similar to your own vibrations (or level of consciousness or whatever.)

"Dante's Equation" is the formula that not only predicts these proportions of Good and Evil but, with the right (?) laboratory equipment, the formula can actually ALTER the tendencies toward Good or Evil in a given area right here on Earth. Physicist Jill Talcott discovers this formula and creates the effect on a limited basis in her laboratory. Powerful stuff -- but is this a good idea? What if the military turns it into a weapon?