I can't say that I enjoyed this one as I have with previous Sigma Force novels. The first half was slow going and not very appealing to my interests. Although the second half picked up a bit, I still didn't end the book with great pleasure. Maybe it was the whole idea of nano-technology and t...
From the initial moment when protagonist Lorna Polk makes an incredible discovery to the denouement Christensen perfectly captures each characters' shock, fear, resolution. ALTAR OF EDEN is a spellbinder, albeit a scary one.The tale begins at the Baghdad Zoo where two young boys are poking around...
This fast paced short story was a quick, entertaining read. I love that it takes place in the catacombs of Paris with associated intriguing description and historical background. The plot was well done and kept my interest from start to finish. The ending has a tie to James Rollin's next book, Th...
Another cracking good adventure story (short, this time) from Rollins. I love these little snippets that give extra dimension to the (many!) characters in his Sigma Force novels. It makes that universe much more fleshed out and, well, real. And of course I love it because it's set in Paris in ...
The idea for this book was fantastic. It's just that the way the author wrote the book bothers me. Like it was seriously annoying me that and the end of every chapter he would write something that is (pathetically) suspenseful, no matter how much it didn't fit. Jake would be having a good time wi...
I enjoy James Rollins, I enjoy Grant Blackwood, and I especially enjoy The Tucker and Kane series of stories (Tracker and Bloodline). The characters in this book are well fleshed out and you have time to enjoy the special relationship between the handler and his working dog. The authors obviousl...
"Scary Prequel To Make Shivers Travel Up Your Spine"This short story is a prequel to the full length novel, "The Blood Gospel." This story takes place in Afghanistan where Sergeant Jordan Stone works for the Joint Expeditionary Forensic Facility (JEFF). He is a crime investigator for the military...
I don’t really have anything bad to say about it other than the fact that I thought the science was shaky at best. I know it’s a fantasy book and therefore there has to be some suspense of disbelief but I think it was pushed a bit too far in this case. I also thought the part about Sharyn, the re...
I really liked this book. It was excellent; I loved the characters, the plot was captivating, and it was a really fun read, but with somewhat of a dark side. My favorite character was Pindor, because I though he was kind of funny, but I also sympathized for him because he was living in his older ...
"A Short Story Sample of More to Come From Rollins and Cantrell"I'm a big fan of James Rollins, who writes captivating adventure stories similar to Clive Cussler. If you've never read his books, here's a short story, reasonably priced on Amazon Kindle Store to entice you to read the full novel "I...
I just finished "Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx" and it was a good book. It's about a boy named Jake and his sister who are accidentally go to Pangea. Once there they are meet by their friends Marika, Buck'ukk, and Pindor. They end up in the middle of a desert only to discover its ancient Egy...
Just as the first book of the series, this was a great adventure to enjoy. Although it is intended for younger readers, it is still enjoyable for any reader. As I mentioned on my review on the preceding book, Jake Ransom, and the Skull King's shadow, I do enjoy reading a lighthearted PG rated b...
Not nearly as good as I expected...,I read & loved Map of Bones, Rollins most recent release, so I picked up this book thinking it would be just as good. I moved backwards to this predecessor because I had not heard of Rollins before. Mistake!I cannot start a book & not finish it & I don't like t...
Being pressed for time at first I thought to wind up this review with a one liner like "Brilliant, Imaginative and a Compelling Read" but the more I thought about it the more I realized this book deserved more than that. We all learn history, some in school and some just because we want to learn ...
Datos históricos verídicos: En los últimos meses de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, con la caída de Alemania; británicos, americanos, rusos y franceses se dedicaron a saquear la tecnología de los científicos nazis. Muchos científicos fueron asesinados, otros reclutados por Estados Unidos, labora...
ছোটবেলা থেকেই যেসকল জিনিস এর প্রতি আগ্রহ আমার তার মধ্যে একটা হল আরকিওলজি বা প্রত্নতত্ব। পুরানো সভ্যতা নিয়ে এই আগ্রহের কারণেই এই সংক্রান্ত বইগুলো আমি গোগ্রাসে গিলে ফেলি । আর বই পড়ার দিক থেকে আমার অন্যতম পছন্দের জনরা হল থ্রিলার । তাই যখন এই বই এর সিনোপ্সিস পড়ি তখন থেকেই পড়ার ইচ্ছা ছিল বইটার । কিন্...
“Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.” The X Factor.Matthew Pike, Alaskan Fish and Game Warden, believed the most he had to worry about was dodging angry Grizzly bears in the Alaskan wilderness until he watches a plane crash just miles fr...
Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find the Earth burning.Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earthquakes and hellfire rock the globe. Air Force One has vanished from the skies with America's president on board. Now,...
Sumatra, año 1293 Marco Polo, su padre y su tío (Los Polo) fueron los primeros en hacer el viaje a China, a su regreso [a Venecia] contaban con una flota de 14 navíos y 600 hombres. En su viaje de regreso, una extraña enfermedad se extendió entre los viajeros y Los Polo se vieron obligados ...
This was the September selection for discussion in my Shelfari Mystery & Suspense group. I've wanted to read something by James Rollins but wasn't certain that this was the first I should try. Fortunately, the friend who recommended it (who has never steered me wrong) knew better as this was an e...
CDT Appalachian Mountains, Alabama Maybe I should’ve bought that banjo after all . . . As Tucker headed east into the mountains, the signs of traditional civilization began to fade. Once off Highway 35 and onto the back roads, the way quickly grew more potholed, the homes ...
For most of the journey, she had ridden blind, sheltered behind Rhun’s broad back, but she was still left windburned and rattled. Ahead, a spatter of lights revealed the reason for Rhun’s slowing pace. They had reached the mountain hamlet of Harmsfeld. He slowed their pace...
CET South of Rome, Italy Once Father Ambrose was gone, Cardinal Bernard signaled to the shadows beyond the open steel door. Erin tensed, her fingers tightening on Jordan’s hand. She was suddenly very happy Jordan had yanked the curtains open. Still, despite the streaming...
EST Takoma Park, Maryland Gray Pierce pulled into the driveway with a coughing growl of the 1960 Thunderbird’s V-8 engine. He felt like growling himself. “I thought the plan was to sell this place?” Kenny asked. Gray’s younge...
ECTAndes Mountains, EcuadorAnother loud chime reverberated across the crystalline chamber, reminding Gray that he was running out of time. He studied the star-shaped pattern formed of thumb-sized spheres of black metal and white crystal, reviewing all his options.I have to get this right the firs...
Rockville, MarylandMonk bounced his baby girl on his knee. Penelope squealed, wearing a goofy smile that plainly came from her father. Luckily that’s all she got from him. Her light auburn curls and delicate features were all from her mother.“Monk, if you make her spit up …!”Kat crossed out of th...
GMT Queen Maud Land, Antarctica“How long until this bloody thing is set up?” Dylan asked, pointing the radio clutched in his fist at the partially assembled LRAD dish.The lights of the large CAAT shone upon the three-man team working at getting the six giant panels, each weighing eighty pounds, s...
EST Washington, D.C. Jada held her breath. What am I doing here? It felt like she had fallen through Alice’s looking glass. To her side, Painter Crowe placed his hand on a security pad inside the eleva...
Washington, D.C.“Door!” Kowalski yelled from the rear.Gray skidded to a stop and glanced behind him. Elizabeth Polk held out her lighter and revealed a small doorway, hidden two steps off the dark tunnel. Gray had rushed past it, too focused on the roof, searching for a street exit from the servi...
ESTBlue Ridge Mountains “His color is good,” Lisa pronounced. She stood before the neonatal incubator. Her gloved hands gently rolled the newborn onto his side, and she listened to the back of his thin chest with her stethoscope. His heartbeat was as rapid as a bird’s, but strong, his pulse-ox re...
CET Venice, Italy The Blood Countess survived . . . Still coming to grips with this, Erin stared at Elizabeth’s back as the former countess led them across the depths of St. Mark’s Basilica. She was dressed in a simple nun’s habit, accepted now as one of the Sanguinists. S...
EDT Washington, D.C. WE’RE UNDER ATTACK. Jacketless, with his sleeves rolled to his elbows, Painter Crowe paced the length of the communication nest at the heart of Sigma Force’s central command. Data streamed across the monitors that covered the cu...
Volumes have been written about the man over the past two centuries, but of all the Founding Fathers of America, he remains to this day wrapped in mystery and contradictions. For instance, it was only in 2007 that a coded letter, buried in his papers, was finally cracked and deciphered. It was se...
BLAKELY CALLED ABOVE THE ROAR of the approaching falls. He gave one final pull on the engine’s starter cord. It sputtered and died. He watched as the current dragged the boat toward the precipice. It was impossible to determine from here how high the waterfall dropped. But the noise! The crescend...
EST Arlington, Virginia SERGEANT JORDAN STONE felt like a fraud as he marched in his dress blues. Today he would bury the last member of his former team—a young man named Corporal Sanderson. Like his other teammates, Sanderson’s body had never been found. After a couple of...