Book description
In a thrilling masterwork that will make you rethink your perceptions
of life and death, New York Times bestselling author James
Rollins takes you to the edge of medicine, genetics, and technology,
revealing the next evolutionary leap forward: immortality.
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 for
ever.
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 for a covert rescue mission into the African
jungle. The woman is no rich tourist: she's Amanda Gant-Bennett,
daughter of the U. S. president.
Suspicious that the kidnapping masks a far more nefarious plot, Gray
must confront a shadowy cabal which has been manipulating events
throughout history... and now challenges the current presidency.
Halfway around the world, a firebombing at a fertility clinic in South
Carolina exposes a conspiracy that goes back centuries... a scheme that
lies within our genetic code. With time against them, SIGMA must race to
save an innocent unborn baby whose very existence raises questions about
the nature of humanity, asking:
Could you live forever?
Would you live forever?
James Rollins is the author of the bestselling Sigma Force series, a
string of standalone thrillers and the novelisation of the cinema
blockbuster INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. His
books are sold in more than 30 countries and have sold ten million
copies worldwide. An amateur spelunker and scuba enthusiast, James holds
a doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri. He
currently lives and writes in Sacramento, California. Find out more at
www. jamesrollins. com
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