Black Order – James Rollins
Black Order is the third novel in James Rollins’s bestselling Sigma Force series, featuring a covert team of scientists and special operatives who investigate threats arising from science, history and technology.
The novel unfolds on several fronts at once. In Copenhagen, Commander Gray Pierce attends an auction of rare books, including a Bible once owned by Charles Darwin, and finds himself caught in a deadly struggle with ruthless rivals who want what the book conceals. Meanwhile, Sigma’s director, Painter Crowe, travels to a remote monastery high in the Himalayas, where monks have been afflicted by a mysterious and terrifying madness. There he meets Dr. Lisa Cummings, a physician, and the two are soon fighting to survive as they uncover the source of the outbreak.
The trails lead back to a secret scientific project of Nazi Germany, a research program into the nature of life and evolution that was believed lost at the end of the Second World War. Its legacy, the heroes discover, has been carried forward by a powerful and dangerous group, and the technology involved could threaten millions of lives. The investigation takes Sigma to South Africa as the team races to stop a catastrophe.
Rollins blends fast-paced action with intriguing real-world science and history, including evolution, quantum biology and wartime experiments, creating an adventure in the tradition of high-octane thrillers.
Exciting and inventive, Black Order will appeal to fans of action thrillers and scientific adventures. It can be enjoyed on its own, though readers may prefer to start with the earlier Sigma Force books. It contains violence and some intense scenes.
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