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In Washington, D.C., a homeless man takes an assassin's bullet and dies in Commander Gray Pierce's arms. A bloody coin clutched in the dead man's hand--an ancient relic that can be traced back to the Greek Oracle of Delphi--is the key to a conspiracy that dates back to the Cold War and threatens the very foundation of humanity. For what if it were possible to bioengineer the next great prophet--a new Buddha, Muhammad, or even Jesus? Would this Second Coming be a boon . . . or would it initiate a chain reaction that would result in the extinction of humankind?
Vital seconds are ticking rapidly away as Pierce races across the globe in search of answers, one step ahead of ruthless killers determined to reclaim the priceless artifact. Suddenly the future of all things is balanced on the brink between heaven and hell--and salvation or destruction rests in the hands of remarkable children.
PDF The Last Oracle Sigma Force James Rollins Books
"When Commander Gray Pierce makes eye contact with a vagrant, he winds up with a dying man in his arms. Dr. Polk was shot by a sniper, but would have died of radiation poisoning within days. He left behind a mysterious ancient Greek coin and a bewildered daughter. Since he died right outside top-secret government agency Sigma, they send a team, headed by Commander Pierce, to retrace his last steps, leading to danger in India and the remote mountains of Russia. Meanwhile, things at Sigma Headquarters in Washington get exciting when Director Painter Crowe winds up with custody of a little girl with amazing drawing abilities and a strange steel implant in her skull. A third adventure befalls another member of Sigma being held deep in the Ural Mountains of Russia when he escapes with three special savant children and goes on the run through the forest near a radioactive lake. It seems the Russians have been conducting secret experiments on a special group of autistic savants with roots in Gypsy culture, and now one man is poised to make use of the technology toward his own ends...after killing millions and instilling world-wide panic, of course.
I've been there for all of Sigma's adventures, and this is the best one yet. Other Sigma novels have contained a bit too much chasing around, but this time it all worked smoothly. I'm not sure if the third storyline was the magic ingredient or if Rollins finally got it just right, but this time out the action was balanced well with the plot, making for a page-turning read. Though I've always been a bit ambivalent about the Sigma novels, my interest in them has been renewed."
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The Last Oracle Sigma Force James Rollins Books Reviews
- James Rollins is my FAVORITE author!!! I love his books, and just when I've declared my love for the last book read, I read a new one and fall hard again! This story is part of the Sigma Force series and it just grabs you and holds you until the end. So be forewarned ~ get your stuff done before reading this book, because once you begin, you won't care about anything else until you've finished. It's hard to tear away from book! I won't spoil anything in this review, but let me just say that one of the things I love about Mr. Rollins books is that afterwards he separates fact from fiction and it's VERY hard not to read it first, but I remain good and read story first! Let's just say that after reading story and then the "Fact from Fiction" part ~ I was gobsmacked! So much so in fact that I made this an extra credit book for my homeschooling kid to read too! Great work Mr. Rollins!
- Sigma Force novels are formulaic, but the formula works ancient history, new mystery, deadly enemy. James Rollins is a great storyteller and I love his books. You can easily get attached to the characters. In this book, I found myself crying near the end (yeah, I know, silly huh!) but the characters - autistic children - touched my heart. In this book, the children have been augmented to allow the enemy to tap into their greatest talent. The story has you sitting on the edge of your seat and you find yourself rooting for the children, who to me are the heroes in this book. Yeah, Sigma Force was there, but the kids - awesome! One of the better in the Sigma Force series.
- I'm addicted to this series, as the writing is so solid. Yes, it does get a bit formulaic in the sense that you know that in any given situation something will happen that will ALWAYS present bigger issues (yet who can resist this?). What saves this from being too much to take in is that the quality research into real-life scenarios makes all the fiction entirely believable. Rollins has a lifetime fan in me.
- Well Dave, if you loved this book so much, why did it take over two years to finish reading it? In two words Keyboard. I was at the 100 page mark (still had the bookmark in place) in this 533 page thriller back in 2010, when I bought my Keyboard. After I got hooked on my I had a hard time returning to paperbacks/hardbacks. At first most of Rollins books were higher priced, and since I already had the book, I just could not see double dipping. But then I read a post where someone just finished reading Ice Hunt and they loved it. Well, I read Ice Hunt years ago and I clicked on the link and saw it was only $3.99 and that led me to The Last Oracle, which was only $3.99 as well. That did it! I jumped at the chance to get back into the world of SIGMA force. Over the top action? Yes there was! And I loved it! I certainly plan to pick up the next adventure in format real soon (The Doomsday Key A Sigma Force Novel). At $3.99 I just cannot pass them by or wait any longer. It feels good to be home again with SIGMA Force. Now, if only the Brad Thor e-books would go to $3.99.
- When Commander Gray Pierce makes eye contact with a vagrant, he winds up with a dying man in his arms. Dr. Polk was shot by a sniper, but would have died of radiation poisoning within days. He left behind a mysterious ancient Greek coin and a bewildered daughter. Since he died right outside top-secret government agency Sigma, they send a team, headed by Commander Pierce, to retrace his last steps, leading to danger in India and the remote mountains of Russia. Meanwhile, things at Sigma Headquarters in Washington get exciting when Director Painter Crowe winds up with custody of a little girl with amazing drawing abilities and a strange steel implant in her skull. A third adventure befalls another member of Sigma being held deep in the Ural Mountains of Russia when he escapes with three special savant children and goes on the run through the forest near a radioactive lake. It seems the Russians have been conducting secret experiments on a special group of autistic savants with roots in Gypsy culture, and now one man is poised to make use of the technology toward his own ends...after killing millions and instilling world-wide panic, of course.
I've been there for all of Sigma's adventures, and this is the best one yet. Other Sigma novels have contained a bit too much chasing around, but this time it all worked smoothly. I'm not sure if the third storyline was the magic ingredient or if Rollins finally got it just right, but this time out the action was balanced well with the plot, making for a page-turning read. Though I've always been a bit ambivalent about the Sigma novels, my interest in them has been renewed.
