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From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a novel of boundless imagination and meticulous research, a book that dares to answer a frightening question at the heart of America: Could the founding of the United States be based on a fundamental lie? The shocking truth lies hidden within the ruins of an impossibility, a lost colony of the Americas vanished in time and cursed into oblivion. A place known only as The Devil Colony.
Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a gruesome discovery—hundreds of mummified bodies—stirs international attention and fervent controversy. Despite doubts about the bodies' origins, the local Native American Heritage Commission lays claim to the prehistoric remains, along with the strange artifacts found in the same cavern: gold plates inscribed with an unfathomable script.
During a riot at the dig site, an anthropologist dies horribly, burned to ashes in a fiery explosion in plain view of television cameras. All evidence points to a radical group of Native Americans, including one agitator, a teenage firebrand who escapes with a vital clue to the murder and calls on the one person who might help—her uncle, Painter Crowe, Director of Sigma Force.
To protect his niece and uncover the truth, Painter will ignite a war among the nation's most powerful intelligence agencies. Yet an even greater threat looms as events in the Rocky Mountains have set in motion a frightening chain reaction, a geological meltdown that threatens the entire western half of the U.S.
From the volcanic peaks of Iceland to the blistering deserts of the American Southwest, from the gold vaults of Fort Knox to the bubbling geysers of Yellowstone, Painter Crowe joins forces with Commander Gray Pierce to penetrate the shadowy heart of a dark cabal, one that has been manipulating American history since the founding of the thirteen colonies.
But can Painter discover the truth—one that could topple governments—before it destroys all he holds dear?
Series
17 primary books23 released booksSigma Force is a 23-book series with 17 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by James Rollins. The next book is scheduled for release on 8/6/2024.
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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