Portent: James HerbertSomething incredible is about to happen Around the world, from San Francisco to the Indian city of Varanasi, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Taklimakan Desert, forces of unimaginable violence are being unleashed earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, deadly hailstorms. Each disaster preceded by the mysterious appearance of strange, dazzling lights. Portents. Signs of a coming titanic struggle between the forces of darkness and light. A struggle involving