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"The execution of a Vatican archivist within the shadow of the Kremlin exposes a conspiracy going back three centuries--to the bloody era of the Russian Tsars. Before his murder, he manages to dispatch a coded message, a warning of a terrifying threat, one tied to a secret buried within the Golden Library of Tsars, a vast and treasured archive that had vanished into history. As combative forces race for the truth behind this death and alarming discovery, Sigma Force is summoned to aid in the show more search--not only for this missing trove of ancient books, but to follow a trail far into the Arctic, to search for the truth about a lost continent and a revelation that could ignite a global war. But Sigma Force has its own difficulties at home after an explosive attack on the National Mall--one aimed at the heart of their covert agency--has left them vulnerable and exposed. The growing conflict--both on Russian soil and deep in the Arctic--will reignite a centuries-old war between the newly resurgent Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican, while sabers rattle across the nations of the Arctic Circle, threatening to turn those icy seas into a fiery conflagration. Facing enemies on all sides, it will be up to Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force to unravel a mystery going back millennia--and uncover the truth about a lost civilization and an arcane treasure that could save the planet ... or destroy it"-- show lessTags
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Yes! Another rollicking good time with James Rollins's Sigma series! In book #18 Rollins reunites the Vatican players and Sigma players - and, yay, Tucker, Kane, and Marco! - for a race across the world to find a legendary archive and the secret it guards and to protect that knowledge before it falls into the wrong hands. This book may be almost 500 pages long, but it didn't feel that way because the action never stopped. Whew! I had to catch my breath when I finished.
I have been a huge fan of pretty much all of James Rollins's books and different series, and I was absolutely thrilled to have this book cross over two of my favorite series - the Sigma series and the co-authored (with Grant Blackwood) Tucker Wayne series. I was on the show more edge of my seat and entertained throughout the entire novel. I cannot WAIT for what comes next, because it was quite a teaser comment that Rollins left for his readers in the Author's Note at the end. LOL show less
I have been a huge fan of pretty much all of James Rollins's books and different series, and I was absolutely thrilled to have this book cross over two of my favorite series - the Sigma series and the co-authored (with Grant Blackwood) Tucker Wayne series. I was on the show more edge of my seat and entertained throughout the entire novel. I cannot WAIT for what comes next, because it was quite a teaser comment that Rollins left for his readers in the Author's Note at the end. LOL show less
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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 in 1999. His other works include the Sigma Force show more 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
James Rollins is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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- Canonical title
- Arkangel
- Original title
- Arkangel
- Original publication date
- 2024-08-06
- People/Characters
- Gray Pierce; Painter Crowe
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- Members
- 196
- Popularity
- 165,382
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.67)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 3
