James Rollins
41) The Devil Colony
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2011
Description
New York Times bestselling thrill-master James Rollins is back with The Devil Colony, another electrifying combination of suspense, history, science, action, and ingenious speculation. In The Devil Colony, Sigma Force stalwarts Painter Crowe and Commander Grayson Pierce must investigate a gruesome massacre in the Rocky Mountains and root out a secret cabal that has been manipulating momentous events since the time of the original thirteen colonies....
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 4
Pub. Date
c2007
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"From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific plague has arisen to devastate humankind - a disease that's unknown, unstoppable ... and deadly. But it is merely a harbinger of the doom that is to follow." "Aboard a cruise liner transformed into a makeshift hospital, Dr. Lisa Cummings and Monk Kokkalis - operatives of the shadowy covert organization SIGMA Force - search for answers to the bizarre affliction that has inexplicably washed ashore. But...
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 5
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The murder of what appears to be a homeless man propels the Sigma Force (The Judas Strain) into their most compelling and perilous adventure yet. The victim is a respected scientist, and the Sigma Force finds that his research leads to a rogue organization of scientists called the Jasons. This think tank of intellectual geniuses has developed a method to augment autistic children with special savant talents. The outcome, in the hands of several men...
44) Blood line
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Series
Sigma Force novels volume 8
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Description
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 that promises to change humankind forever. A millennium later, Somali pirates hijack a yacht off the coast of the Horn of Africa, kidnapping a young pregnant American woman. Commander Gray Pierce is enlisted...
Author
Series
Indiana Jones movie novelizations volume 4
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Daring adventurer-archaeologist Indiana Jones returns in an all new, action-packed saga, in the novelization of the fourth, long-anticipated Indiana Jones movie.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 13
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one, an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University. Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying...
Author
Series
Sigma Force volume 3
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 20
Description
In Nepal, a strange plague has struck a remote Himalayan monastery, and a Nazi swastika is found on a cave wall. In Denmark, someone is buying up rare historical documents connected to Victorian scientists (for instance, Charles Darwin's family Bible), and the purchaser is desperate enough to kill for his prizes. In South Africa, a mythological beast is apparently alive and well and preying on wildlife. The author interweaves these stories, following...
Author
Series
Sigma Force volume 6
Pub. Date
James Rollins
Description
Sigma Force director Painter Crowe gathers the usual crewĆmdr. Grayson Pierce; Pierce's best friend, Monk Kokkalis; lumbering Joe Kowalskit́o discover why an experimental agriculture site in Africa has been attacked and razed, killing everyone, including a U.S. senator's son. The future of mankind may depend, they learn, on the Doomsday key, a strange substance brought to England long ago by ancient Egyptians that holds the promise of a new and...
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21
Description
Hooded men invade midnight mass at the Cologne Cathedral and slaughter almost everyone present, then break open a gold sarcophagus and steal... the bones of the Three Wise Men. Grayson Pierce, top agent in the Department of Defense's covert Sigma Force, takes a team to Rome, joins up with love-interest Rachel Verona, a carabinieri corps lieutenant, and her Vatican official uncle, Vigot. It seems that the Dragon Court, a medieval alchemical cult-cell...
Author
Series
Sigma Force novel volume 8
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
A yacht bearing a young American couple is attacked by Somali pirates, leading to bloodshed and the violent kidnapping of the pregnant woman on board. To aid in her rescue from the lawless and war-torn jungles of coastal Africa, Sigma Force enlists the aid of a unique search team.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 1
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 24
Description
An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum - a devastating blast that sets off alarms in clandestine organizations around the world, as the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.
Author
Series
Indiana Jones movie novelizations volume 4
Pub. Date
2008
Description
It's 1957 when Indiana Jones' latest expedition is crashed by a rutheless sqaud of Russian Soldiers, The menacing Reds drag an unwilling Jones alsong as they brazenly invade American soil, massacre U.S. Soldiers and plunder a top-secret goverment warehouse. After being fired by his universtiy and branded as a suspected spy Joens wants to retire, but a collegue's kidnappping leads Jones into the depths of the Amazon. .
54) Faceoff
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Features pairings by twenty-three best-selling suspense writers, including John Sandford, F. Paul Wilson, and R. L. Stine, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.