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James Rollins

Author of Map of Bones

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About the Author

James Rollins (nee James Czajkowski) was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 20, 1961. He received a doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in 1985. After graduation, he started his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California. His first novel, Subterranean, was published show more in 1999. His other works include the Sigma Force series, the Jake Ransom series, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He also writes the Banned and the Banished series and The Godslayer Chronicles under the name of James Clemens. James Rollins co-authors the new Tucker Wayne series with Grant Blackwood. The first book in the series, The Kill Switch, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. Rollins title, Bone Labyrinth, a story in the Sigma Force Novels Series, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:

Jim Czajkowski writes thrillers under the name James Rollins, and fantasy under the name James Clemens

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Series

Works by James Rollins

Map of Bones (2005) 3,001 copies
Black Order (2006) 2,491 copies
Sandstorm (2004) 2,444 copies
The Judas Strain (2007) 2,351 copies
The Doomsday Key (2009) 2,270 copies
The Last Oracle (2008) 1,961 copies
Amazonia (2002) 1,780 copies
Subterranean (1999) 1,664 copies
Excavation (2000) 1,592 copies
Ice Hunt (2003) 1,455 copies
Altar of Eden (2009) 1,384 copies
Deep Fathom (2001) 1,354 copies
Wit'ch Fire (1998) 1,310 copies
The Devil Colony (2011) 1,282 copies
Bloodline (2012) 1,087 copies
The Eye of God (2013) 998 copies
The Blood Gospel (2013) 935 copies
The 6th Extinction (2014) 917 copies
The Bone Labyrinth (2015) 883 copies
Wit'ch Storm (1999) 866 copies
Wit'ch War (2000) 805 copies
Wit'ch Gate (2001) 710 copies
The Seventh Plague (2016) 675 copies
Wit'ch Star (2002) 650 copies
Shadowfall (2005) 605 copies
The Starless Crown (2021) 602 copies
The Demon Crown (2017) — Author — 596 copies
The Kill Switch (2014) 531 copies
Crucible (2019) 509 copies
Innocent Blood (2013) 486 copies
The Last Odyssey (2020) — Author — 465 copies
Hinterland (2006) 409 copies
Blood Infernal (2015) 365 copies
War Hawk (2015) 337 copies
Kingdom of Bones (2022) 276 copies
The Skeleton Key (2012) 222 copies
Tracker (2012) 220 copies
The Cradle of Ice (2023) 171 copies
City of Screams (2012) 150 copies
Tides of Fire (2023) 122 copies
The Midnight Watch (2015) 106 copies
Blood Brothers (2013) 78 copies
Crash and Burn (2016) 74 copies
Ghost Ship (2017) 61 copies
The Devil's Bones (2014) 39 copies
Sigma Guide 13 copies
Amazónia (2019) 6 copies
A Última Odisseia (2020) 5 copies
Subterranean / Excavation (2006) 5 copies
O Labirinto de Ossos (2016) 4 copies
Subterrâneo (2021) 4 copies
Il regno delle ossa (2022) 3 copies
Erddämmerung 3 copies
E.V.E. (2023) 2 copies
Mission Iceberg (2011) 2 copies
Linhagem Sangrenta (2016) 2 copies
Sigma Force Novels 1 (2014) 2 copies
Štvanice (2016) 1 copy
GESTAPO MARS 1 copy
Bloedspoor 1 copy
Nochnaia okhota (2013) 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Demons Kiss 1 copy
The Pit 1 copy
Marés de Fogo (2024) 1 copy
Sangue Infernal (2016) 1 copy
Kemiklerin Haritasi (2016) 1 copy
La dernière odyssée (2023) 1 copy
Amazona 1 copy
Poslední odysea (2020) 1 copy
Koruna démonů (2019) 1 copy

Associated Works

Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night (2006) — Contributor — 756 copies
Warriors (2010) — Contributor — 637 copies
FaceOff (2014) — Contributor — 501 copies
Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror (2010) — Contributor — 159 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Czajkowski, James Paul
Other names
Clemens, James
Czajkowski, Jim
Birthdate
1961-08-20
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Places of residence
Zephyr Cove, Nevada, USA
Education
University of Missouri
Occupations
novelist
veterinarian
Organizations
Authors United for USA Cares
Agent
Russ Galen (Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary)
Short biography
AKA: James Paul Czajkowski
James Rollins is a pen name of James Paul Czajkowski (born August 20, 1961 in Chicago, IL, an American veterinarian and writer of action-adventure/thriller, mystery, and techno-thriller novels who gave up his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California to be a full-time author. Rollins' experiences and expertise as an amateur spelunker and a certified scuba diver have provided content for some of his novels, which are often set in underground or underwater locations. Under the pen name James Clemens, he has also published fantasy novels, such as Wit'ch Fire, Wit'ch Storm, Wit'ch War, Wit'ch Gate, Wit'ch Star, Shadowfall (2005), and Hinterland (2006).
Disambiguation notice
Jim Czajkowski writes thrillers under the name James Rollins, and fantasy under the name James Clemens

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Chat in Book Discussion : The Eye of God by James Rollins (September 2023)
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Chat in Book Discussion : Bloodline by James Rollins (November 2022)
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Fantasy novel in Name that Book (December 2020)
Let’s meet... in Book Discussion : The Devil Colony by James Rollins (April 2020)
Chat in Book Discussion : The Devil Colony by James Rollins (April 2020)
Chat in Book Discussion : The Doomsday Key by James Rollins. (October 2019)
Chat in Book Discussion : The Last Oracle by James Rollins (March 2019)
Meet the Author in Book Discussion : The Last Oracle by James Rollins (March 2019)
Chat in Book Discussion : The Judas Strain by James Rollins (October 2018)
Meet the Author in Book Discussion : The Judas Strain by James Rollins (October 2018)
Chat in Book Discussion : Black Order by James Rollins (May 2018)
Meet The Author in Book Discussion : Black Order by James Rollins (May 2018)
Chat in Book Discussion : Map Of Bones by James Rollins (February 2018)
Chat in Book Discussion : Sandstorm by James Rollins (October 2017)
Pre Book Discussion in Book Discussion : Ice Hunt by James Rollins (September 2016)

Reviews

Hands down the best book in the Sigma Force series that I have read so far (I am reading them in order, so this is the fourth that I have read). All of my favorite characters were back for an action packed mystery of a historical plague resurfacing.

Rollins takes us all over the globe, connecting both a science arm and a historical arm. Gray is reunited with our favorite Guild member once again, this time with the added tension of keeping his family safe.

On the other side, Monk and Lisa are living aboard a cruise ship trying to figure out what is causing a strange illness at Christmas Island. The twists and turns that happened aboard this ship were thrilling! How Rollins was able to keep both prongs of the story entertaining while eventually bringing them together was masterful.

I will say, Rollins pulled at my heartstrings in this one. It appears that he killed off one of my favorite characters! I spent much of the remainder of the book waiting for him to reveal that the character made it through, but time after time Rollins presented us with the opposite information. That is until the last few pages, once I had admitted defeat and was angry, did he give me a possible sliver of hope. I am sure this will quickly be dashed in the next book haha.

My only critique of this book would be the last few pages. I followed along with this storyline pretty easily compared to some of his others, but the last handful of pages really confused me. Like did any of this happen???? Who are these people and why is she in the past?? I need answers! I am hoping the next book will give me these. Overall, I enjoyed this book and it had all of the best qualities of the first three. It gives me hope that he may continue to grow as a storyteller as I read further into the series.
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kames04 | 40 other reviews | Mar 11, 2024 |
Liked this one better than the second book in the series. There were a few points where the science got a little too sciency for my understanding and I found myself skipping past some of the quantum stuff.
 
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Kaeli_Cook | 43 other reviews | Feb 29, 2024 |
Blurb from the cover:

In Copenhagen…a suspicious bookstore fire propels Commander Gray Pierce on a relentless hunt across four continents – and into a terrifying mystery surrounding horrific experiments once performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Poland.

In the mountains of Nepal…in a remote monastery, Buddhist monks inexplicably turn to cannibalism and torture – while Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force, begins to show signs of the same baffling, mind-destroying malady…and Lisa Cummings, a dedicated American doctor, becomes the target of a brutal, clandestine assassin.

Now only Gray Pierce and Sigma Force can save a world suddenly in terrible jeopardy. Because a new order is on the rise – an annihilating nightmare growing at the heart of the greatest mystery of all: the origin of life.

My review:

Black Order is the third book in the Sigma Force series, and truthfully, the hardest one for me to get through. I enjoyed the first two books in the series for various reasons, but I found myself dragging myself through Black Order. The plot of the story (basically tracking down the creation and use of a machine that can create a perfect specimen) was interesting, but it was pretty long winded. There were also three locations through most of the book, and it wasn't until close to the last 100 pages that it all seemed to come together.

Like in the previous two books, Rollins does a fantastic job of showing the extent of research that he puts into his writing. At no point was I confused or needed further explanation of what science topic he was discussing. That being said, at times it did seem like the explanations turned into doctoral papers.

I was happy to see all of my favorite characters from the first two books come together in this one. I know it is stated that you do not need to read the books in order, however I do see the benefit of doing so, and I would highly encourage anyone interested in the books to read them in order. The character development and their deeper story lines carried through and I as a reader have become invested in them.

While this was not my favorite book by Rollins, I did still enjoy the adventure that he wrote and will continue on to read the next book in the series.
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