The Eye of God

"The date for the end of the world...it's in four days". The Eye of God is a gripping tale of science, history, adventure, and mind boggling theories of how reality, as we understand it, may not be reality at all. The Eye of God pulls you in when a satellite sent out to study the dark energy of a comet crashes to Earth, after sending one last image of the Eastern Seaboard of the US in a smoldering ruin. At the same time a package bearing strange artifacts is delivered to the Vatican for Mosignor Vigor Verona from a colleague who disappeared a decade before. Inside is a skull etched with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound in human skin, the skin of Genghis Khan.

The SIGMA crew we have all come to know and love is dispatched to different show more Asian countries to investigate the scientific and historical aspects of the comet and dark matter. Rachel Verona and her Uncle Vigor join forces once again with SIGMA to help follow the historical trail that lead back to major historical figures such as Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, St. Thomas, all the way back to Adam and Eve.

It all comes down to a these questions... What is reality? Are we all just a 3D hologram? And what happens to us after we die? Does our energy just leave the universe forever, or is what we perceive as death not even real? Is it possible that our consciousness just moves to another form of a different reality, to live out the rest of our lives on the other side of the same coin?

I don't know how long James Rollins can possibly come up with these convoluted tales he spins. Surely he's written about every single interesting thing in the universe by now... but apparently not. The scientific aspect of it became a little mind boggling at times, but otherwise a very good and compelling read. show less

What do you get if you combine "scientists with guns" and dark energy, Genghis Khan, St. Thomas, asteroids and meteors? Well, if you're James Rollins, you get one heck of a good story with some heartbreak at the end and a final, bittersweet and totally appropriate twist. This one makes for a terrific entry in the Sigma series!

James Rollins is one of my favorite authors. When it comes to adventure books he is truly a marvelous writer and he writes books that you hardly can put down until you have finished it. This book is not an exception. All of my favorite characters are back; Crowe, Pierce, Monk, Kowalski, and of course, my absolute favorite Seichan. The world is in danger and they have to save it and doing it they cross the world looking for Genghis Khan's tomb. The pace is fast and the story intriguing, and the ending, well you have to read it yourself...I don’t want to spoil it for you...

Won this via Goodread's First Reads.

With both Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan in the same book I was pretty sure that this was going to be a particularly action packed thriller and I wasn't disappointed. Also, in every book of his that I've read Rollins puts something new and totally out of left field in the book. In this one it was rare Earth magnets in people's fingers. I'd never heard of them, wouldn't want to personally do it, but, it was an interesting new thing that I got to learn about through the book. Always a good thing.

The story is just as multifaceted as usual in Rollins' books. For one thing, SIGMA has about four days before the world ends. SIGMA also needs to find and recover a fallen satellite that's on the border of show more China and Russia in Mongolia. And, Seichan and Gray are looking for Seichan's mother and manage to get caught up in a bit of an intense pickle that has has the head of the underbelly of Macau, a Triad leader, and North Korea in it. (As I said, action packed) Of course, as usual Rollins combines all his stories very well and in this book it seemed much less contrived when they came together. It flowed very well and was thrilling in very natural ways.

It was a much more philosophical novel and that's saying something because most of the SIGMA books have a religion component in them. But, in this one it wasn't about Christianity (or even Vigor's Catholicism) it was about the greater questions about our soul souls, not just our religious souls. (See, it was such an upper level philosophical book that now I'm making no sense in a philosophical way...)

All in all it's my favorite Rollins book so far and I eagerly await what he will do in the next SIGMA series book, because the end of this one. It blew my mind. show less

James Rollins is the action/adventure writer for 3 digit IQs! If you want an heroic escape that also requires fast-thinking and in-depth understanding of "who knows what high-tech/super-smart invention mixed with ancient knowledge or esoteric understanding" disaster this time. Then Rollins is your man. He creates a unique blend of the military brawn with an M.I.T. intellect and that makes for one page-turning thriller ride!

The Eye of God, pits the Sigma Force members against the cosmos, time, and the bad guys! If you want to keep up the pace have your physics mind set turned on and your history fresh in your memory banks! You will need both. Rollins does a great job of beginning in 3 totally disconnected and unrelated points not just show more on the globe but relative speaking of import as well. The future and past slam head long into saving the girl and saving the world, but in the end, is there really any difference in the two... show less

A breathless romp through Rollins' imagination. Although it belies credibility, it is a thought provoking speculation on the implications of current theories and knowledge in the world of physics. I enjoyed it.

James Rollins has always been great at presenting us with exciting storylines, cutting edge science, and almost too good to be believable characters. The Eye of God is no different, but I think even though I read each of the books as the come out, I'm a little over Sigma Force.

In this book, we open with the death of Atilla the Hun before moving on to modern day Rome where we catch up with some old friends, Vigor and Rachel, who find themselves nearly killed over a mystery entrusted to the priest by another whom he thought long since dead. Across the Atlantic, Painter Crowe is working on a top-secret government experiment using a satellite to track a comet in order to prove the existence of dark matter. That is until the satellite show more crashes back to earth, but not before showing one last disturbing image. Oh, and by the way Grey, Kowalski, and Seichan are of exploring Hong Kong in search of the former assassins mother. As you can no doubt tell, this book is going to be packed with excitement. What is not so apparent, is how these three storylines will tie together. This, however, is exactly where Rollins shines. He brings the three groups together and sends them racing across the globe in order to prevent nothing less than the destruction of life as we know it. Just another day in the office for the officers of Sigma Force.

So what could be wrong with this? It has all the hallmarks of another great Sigma Force novel. It was enjoyable. It was fun. And it provided a great science education. Who doesn't love that? It just felt tired and re-hashed. Every book is the same. Some world-altering scientific event that could change the course of history and life, is discovered, Painter and crew save the world while putting themselves in impossible situations, and then the world-altering event is never heard from again. It's too much, and I've gotten to the point where it's getting harder and harder to suspend belief. I'm sure I'll keep reading them, because they are nothing if not fun, but the series has definitely lost it's shine. show less