GoodReads Rating: 4.14/5
From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a
thrilling short story that delves deep beneath the city of Paris to a
dark necropolis, where the only means for escape is…The Skeleton Key.
Seichan is ripped out of the Sigma series for an adventure all her
own—but can she survive? The beautiful and elusive assassin wakes in a
hotel in Paris with a deadly electronic collar fastened to her throat.
Joined by a boy who is similarly threatened, she must rescue the son of a
hated enemy, who has fallen under the sway of the nefarious leader of
an apocalyptic cult. To survive, she must venture into the dark world
beneath the City of Lights, into the infamous catacombs of Paris. Caught
between two enemies, she must fight for her life…while time ticks down
toward a fiery apocalypse. But in the dark, surrounded by the moldering
bones of the dead, even success does not equal survival. In the end, the
only true hope for the world lies in a stunning act of betrayal.
Included with this short story is a sneak peek at the first 70 pages of The Devil Colony, where a clue unlocked by The Skeleton Key will play a key role.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.16/5
James Rollins, the “New York
Times” bestselling master of nail-biting suspense and historical
mystery, combines cutting-edge biotechnology with a centuries-old secret
in an apocalyptic story that reveals where humankind is truly headed
“The Doomsday Key”
At Princeton University, a famed geneticist dies inside a biohazard
lab. In Rome, a Vatican archaeologist is found dead in St. Peter’s
Basilica. In Africa, a U.S. senator’s son is slain outside a Red Cross
camp. The three murders on three continents bear a horrifying
connection: all the victims are marked by a Druidic pagan cross burned
into their flesh.
The bizarre murders thrust Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force into
a race against time to solve a riddle going back centuries, to a
ghastly crime against humanity hidden within a cryptic medieval codex.
The first clue is discovered inside a mummified corpse buried in an
English peat bog — a gruesome secret that threatens America and the
world.
Aided by two women from his past — one his exlover, the other his new
partner — Gray must piece together the horrifying truth. But the
revelations come at a high cost, and to save the future, Gray will have
to sacrifice one of the women at his side. That alone might not be
enough, as the true path to salvation is revealed in a dark prophecy of
doom.
Sigma Force confronts humankind’s greatest threat in an adventure
that races from the Roman Coliseum to the icy peaks of Norway, from the
ruins of medieval abbeys to the lost tombs of Celtic kings. The ultimate
nightmare is locked within a talisman buried by a dead saint — an
ancient artifact known as the Doomsday Key.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.15/5
In Washington, D.C., a homeless man dies in Commander Gray Pierce’s
arms, shot by an assassin’s bullet. But the death leaves behind a
greater mystery: a bloody coin found clutched in the dead man’s hand, an
ancient relic that can be traced back to the Greek Oracle of Delphi. As
ruthless hunters search for the stolen artifact, Gray Pierce discovers
that the coin is the key to unlocking a plot that dates back to the Cold
War and threatens the very foundation of humanity.
An international think tank of scientists known as the Jasons has
discovered a way to bioengineer autistic children who show savant
talents — mathematical geniuses, statistical masterminds, brilliant
conceptual artists — into something far greater and far more
“frightening,” in hopes of creating a world prophet for the new
millennium, one to be manipulated to create a new era of global peace… a
peace on their own terms.
Halfway around the world, a man wakes up in a hospital bed with no
memory of who he is, knowing only that he’s a prisoner in a subterranean
research facility. With the help of three unusual children, he makes
his escape across a mountainous and radioactive countryside, pursued by
savage hunters bred in the same laboratory. But his goal is not escape,
nor even survival. In order to thwart a plot to wipe out a quarter of
the world’s population, he must sacrifice all, even the children who
rescued him.
From ancient Greek temples to glittering mausoleums, from the slums
of India to the toxic ruins of Russia, two men must race against time to
solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history —
the Greek Oracle of Delphi.
But one question remains: “Will the past be enough to save the future?”
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GoodReads Rating: 4.15/5
New York Times bestselling author James Rollins
returns with a terrifying story of an ancient menace reborn to plague
the modern world . . . and of an impossible hope that lies hidden in the
most shocking place imaginable: within the language of angels.
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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 SIGMA Force–search for answers
to the bizarre affliction. But there are others with far less altruistic
intentions. In a savage and sudden coup, terrorists hijack the vessel,
turning a mercy ship into a floating bio-weapons lab.
A world away, SIGMA’s Commander Gray Pierce thwarts the murderous
schemes of a beautiful would-be killer who holds the first clue to the
discovery of a possible cure. Pierce joins forces with the woman who
wanted him dead, and together they embark upon an astonishing quest
following the trail of the most fabled explorer in history: Marco Polo.
But time is an enemy as a worldwide pandemic grows rapidly out of
control. As a relentless madman dogs their every step, Gray and his
unlikely ally are being pulled into an astonishing mystery buried deep
in antiquity and in humanity’s genetic code. And as the seconds tick
closer to doomsday, Gray Pierce will realize he can truly trust no one,
for any one of them could be . . . a Judas.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.14/5
A sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookstore ignites a relentless hunt
across four continents. Arson and murder reveal an insidious plot to
steal a Bible that once belonged to Charles Darwin, the father of
evolutionary theory. And Commander Gray Pierce dives headlong into a
mystery that dates back to Nazi Germany . . . and to horrific
experiments performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a
hollowed-out mountain in Poland.
A continent away, madness ravages a remote monastery high in Nepal,
as Buddhist monks turn to cannibalism and torture. Lisa Cummings, a
young American doctor investigating the atrocity, is suddenly a target
of a brutal assassin working for clandestine forces that want the affair
buried at any cost. Lisa’s only ally is a hidden pilgrim, Painter Crowe
— director of SIGMA Force, an elite command of American scientists and
Special Forces operatives — who is already showing signs of the baffling
malady that destroyed the minds of the monks.
Now it is up to Gray Pierce to save both Painter and Lisa — and a
world in jeopardy — as SIGMA Force races to expose a century-old plot
that threatens to destroy the current world order . . . and alter the
destiny of humankind forever.
Combining the historic scope of The Da Vinci Code with the relentless thrills of today’s best action novels, James Rollins’s Black Order
is a classic adventure — an ingenious and breathtaking tour de force
that explodes with revelations . . . while offering a startling new view
of our place in the grand scheme of existence.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.06/5
The bones lead to ancient mysteries and present-day terror . . . To follow them means death.
During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders
in monks’ robes unleash a nightmare of blood and destruction. But the
killers have not come for gold; they seek a more valuable prize: the
bones of the Magi who once paid homage to a newborn savior . . . a
treasure that could reshape the world.
With the Vatican in turmoil, Sigma Force under the command of Grayson
Pierce leaps into action, pursuing a deadly mystery that weaves through
sites of the Seven Wonders of the World and ends at the doorstep of an
ancient, mystical, and terrifying secret order. For there are those with
dark plans for the stolen sacred remains that will alter the future of
humankind . . . when science and religion unite to unleash a horror not
seen since the beginning of time.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.95/5
An inexplicable explosion
rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum, setting off alarms
in clandestine organizations around the world.
And now the search for answers is leading Lady Kara Kensington; her
friend Safia al-Maaz, the gallery’s brilliant and beautiful curator; and
their guide, the international adventurer Omaha Dunn, into a world they
never dreamed existed: a lost city buried beneath the Arabian desert.
But others are being drawn there as well, some with dark and sinister
purposes. And the many perils of a death-defying trek deep into the
savage heart of the Arabian Peninsula pale before the nightmare waiting
to be unearthed at journey’s end: an ageless and awesome power that
could create a utopia… or destroy everything humankind has built over
countless millennia
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GoodReads Rating: 4.13/5
Will Robie is the
government’s most professional, disciplined, and lethal assassin. He
infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our
enemies’ advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they
ever reach our shores.
But now, his skills have left him. Sent overseas on a critical
assignment, he fails, unable to pull the trigger. Absent his talents,
Robie is a man without a mission, and without a purpose.
To recover what he has lost, Robie must confront what he has tried to forget for over twenty years: his own past.
THE GUILTY
Will Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell,
Mississippi, after high school, severing all personal ties, and never
looked back. Not once. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father,
Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder.
Father and son haven’t spoken or seen each other since the day Robie
left town. In that time, Dan Robie–a local attorney and pillar of the
community–has been elected town judge. Despite this, most of Cantrell is
aligned against Dan. His guilt is assumed.
To make matters worse, Dan has refused to do anything to defend himself.
When Robie tries to help, his father responds only with anger and
defiance. Could Dan really be guilty?
With the equally formidable Jessica Reel at his side, Robie ignores his
father’s wishes and begins his own desperate investigation into the
case. But Robie is now a stranger to his hometown, an outsider, a man
who has forsaken his past and his family. His attempts to save his
father are met with distrust and skepticism . . . and violence.
Unlike the missions Robie undertook in the service of his country, where
his target was clearly defined, digging into his father’s case only
reveals more questions. Robie is drawn into the hidden underside of
Cantrell, where he must face the unexpected and possibly deadly
consequences of the long-ago choices made by father and son. And this
time, there may be no escape for either of them.
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Part of Will Robie Series – #3
GoodReads Rating: 4.05/5
The President knows it’s a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he
gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace,
once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain
impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the
president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will
Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel.
Together, Robie and Reel’s talents as assassins are unmatched. But
there are some in power who don’t trust the pair. They doubt their
willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the
two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive.
As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that
could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the
ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close
to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new
adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her
entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets–a list that
includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.03/5
In this all-new short story from #1 New York Times
bestselling author David Baldacci, worlds collide when government
assassin Will Robie is caught in the crossfire with Oliver Stone and the
Camel Club.
Will Robie is closing in on his next target when he finds himself in
the middle of a bank heist–and he’s taken hostage alongside Oliver
Stone. But is this just a simple bank job, or are the robbers after
something even more valuable–and dangerous–than the cash in the vault?
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GoodReads Rating: 4.06/5
Will Robie is a master of killing.
A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls
on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters
committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims.
No one else can match Robie’s talents as a hitman…no one, except
Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous,
Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she’s gone rogue, turning
her gun sights on other members of their agency.
To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie.
His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch
another killer, they tell him.
But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her
betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger
threat, a threat that could send shockwaves through the U.S. government
and around the world.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.11/5
America has enemies – ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even
the military can’t stop. That’s when the U.S. government calls on Will
Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails
his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first – and last –
mistake of his career…
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a
target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about
this mission doesn’t seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable.
He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape
from his own people.
Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a
fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn’t an ordinary
runaway — her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger.
Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he
can’t walk away. He needs to help her.
Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he’s
convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain
her parents’ deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power.
Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl’s life… and perhaps his own.
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America has enemies —
ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can’t stop.
To combat them, the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone-cold
hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target.
#1 – The Innocent
#2 – The Hit
#2.5 – Bullseye
#3 – The Target
#4 – The Guilty
#5 – End Game
GoodReads Rating: 3.68/5
When a new NASA satellite
spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic
ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory…a
victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the
impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance,
the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton
to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find.
Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic
Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific
trickery — a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into
controversy.
But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are
attacked by a deadly team of assassins controlled by a mysterious power
broker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their
lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, their only hope for
survival is to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth,
they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.61/5
Before the multi-million, runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code,
Dan Brown set his razor-sharp research and storytelling skills on the
most powerful intelligence organization on earth–the National Security
Agency (NSA), an ultra-secret, multibillion-dollar agency many times
more powerful than the CIA.
When the NSA’s invincible code-breaking machine encounters a
mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head
cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician.
What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The
NSA is being held hostage…not by guns or bombs, but by a code so
ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence.
Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan Fletcher
battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she
finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in
the end, for the life of the man she loves.
From the underground hallways of power to the skyscrapers of Tokyo to
the towering cathedrals of Spain, a desperate race unfolds. It is a
battle for survival–a crucial bid to destroy a creation of inconceivable
genius…an impregnable code-writing formula that threatens to obliterate
the post-cold war balance of power. Forever.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.81/5
In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol,
Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this
riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his
highest-stakes novel to date.
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon
is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most
enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno.
Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and
grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of
classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from
Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to
trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.67/5
WHAT IS LOST…
WILL BE FOUND
In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world’s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol
is a masterstroke of storytelling – a deadly race through a real-world
labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths…all under the watchful
eye of Brown’s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden
chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, DC., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned
unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building.
Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn.
A disturbing object – artfully encoded with five symbols – is
discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an
ancient invitation…one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost
world of esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon’s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon – a prominent Mason and
philanthropist – is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope
of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow
wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly into a clandestine world of
Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations – all
of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons,
Dan Brown’s novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane
symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges
readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises
at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown’s fans have been waiting for…his most thrilling novel yet.
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Part of Robert Langdon Series – #2
GoodReads Rating: 3.8/5
A fascinating and absorbing
thriller — perfect for history buffs, conspiracy nuts, puzzle lovers or
anyone who appreciates a great, riveting story.
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon
receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the
Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have
found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle,
Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in
the works of Da Vinci — clues visible for all to see — yet ingeniously
disguised by the painter.
Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu,
and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion — an
actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton,
Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.
In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and
Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate
their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine
puzzle in time, the Priory’s ancient secret — and an explosive
historical truth — will be lost forever.
The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of
lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to
its stunning conclusion.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.86/5
An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target…
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to
a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol — seared into
the chest of a murdered physicist — he discovers evidence of the
unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as
the Illuminati… the most powerful underground organization ever to walk
the earth. The Illuminati has surfaced from the shadows to carry out the
final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy… the
Catholic Church.
Langdon’s worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican’s holy
conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces he has hidden an
unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the
countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria
Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the
Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous
catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most
secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year old trail
of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten
Illuminati lair… a secret location that contains the only hope for
Vatican salvation.
An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from
enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science
and religion turns to war.
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