The Devil Colony
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“Every James Rollins delivers mach-speed mayhem; throat-clutching suspense; high-style adventure; and a terrific story told terrifically. He makes the rest us look bad.” —Steve Berry, author of The Emperor’s Tomb “This guy doesn’t write novels—he builds roller coasters.” —Booklist New York Times bestselling thrill-master James Rollins is back with The Devil Colony, another electrifying combination of suspense, history, science, action, and ingenious speculation. In The Devil Colony, Sigma Force stalwarts Painter Crowe and Commander Grayson Pierce must investigate a gruesome massacre in the Rocky Mountains and root out a secret cabal that has been manipulating momentous events since the time of the original thirteen colonies. Once again, Rollins delivers a spine-tingler that will leave fans of Michael Crichton, The Da Vinci Code, and Indiana Jones breathless—as he exposes the dark truth behind the founding of America.
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18 primary books25 released books#7 in Sigma Force
Sigma Force is a 25-book series with 18 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by James Rollins and Steve Berry.
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Rollins is a fine story teller but this is a confused pastiche of Mormonism, early American history, Native American heritage, nutrino theory, and espionage which finally fell apart completely in the end. I almost gave this a two but again Rollins knows how to tell a story.
This is more science-fictional than most and that was fun.
I liked the alternate history.
I didn't understand the source of the neutrinos nor how the ancients developed nano-tech.
Also its difficult to watch Gray and the team work really hard to acquire an artifact of significant historical and plot importance. Then, after a not nearly sufficient and cursory examination,
decided to destroy the artifact. This put everybody at risk because a more detailed inspection
would have allowed the team to resolve the problem earlier.
There is a problem sometimes in these books. In the first Indiana Jones movie, Indy destroys artifacts, throws people under trucks, shoot people in the market.
But we know he is the good guy in spite of this because the bad guys are Nazis!
There is some of this in this book. It's not enough that the bad guy wants to do evil, he is kind of cartoonishly evil, like Nazis
