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Summary
Summary
A page-turning, high-concept adventure from the king of the genre.
Galilee, 1025. Infiltrating an ancient citadel, a Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure long hidden within the fortress's labyrinth: the Bachal Isu - the staff of Jesus Christ - a priceless icon that holds a mysterious and terrifying power. A power that will change humankind for ever.
A millennium later, Somali pirates kidnap the President's daughter. Commander Gray Pierce is enlisted for a covert rescue mission in the African jungle.
And halfway around the world a firebombing at a fertility clinic in South Carolina exposes a conspiracy that goes back centuries and lies within our genetic code. SIGMA must race to save an innocent unborn baby whose very existence raises questions about the nature of humanity, asking: could you live for ever? Would you live for ever?
Author Notes
James Rollins (nee James Czajkowski) was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 20, 1961. He received a doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in 1985. After graduation, he started his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California. His first novel, Subterranean, was published in 1999. His other works include the Sigma Force series, the Jake Ransom series, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He also writes the Banned and the Banished series and The Godslayer Chronicles under the name of James Clemens. James Rollins co-authors the new Tucker Wayne series with Grant Blackwood. The first book in the series, The Kill Switch, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. Rollins title, Bone Labyrinth, a story in the Sigma Force Novels Series, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (1)
Library Journal Review
The prologue for this complexly woven tale, the eighth entry in the "Sigma Force" series, could have come from the History Channel-one of the original Knights Templar, a woman to boot, finds the staff of Christ, which holds the key to immortality. Fast-forward to the present day and the descendants of the group, which include the U.S. President, continue the quest for immortality, only they are now using modern technology. The President's daughter is kidnapped, and there is an assassination plot brewing. Painter Crowe's Sigma Force is called upon to protect the commander in chief and get to the bottom of the plot. Peter Jay Fernandez does well in reading this work. His voice is quite relaxed and is usually measured during the narrative sections. He affects individual voices for the numerous characters, which succeeds in relating the player's personality. VERDICT Public libraries that have the earlier works in this series should purchase this one, while others also may wish to consider buying it. [The Morrow hc was a New York Times best seller.-Ed.]-Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll., Lynchburg (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.