Crucible (Sigma Force, #14)

Posted on 05 February 2017 by James Rollins

In the race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind expanding adventure from the 1 New York Times bestselling author, told with his trademark blend of cutting edge science, historical mystery and pulse pounding action.Arriving home on Christmas Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend s wife, Kat, unconscious on the kitchen floor With no shred of evidence to follow, his one hope to find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to what happened But the injured woman is in a semi comatose state and cannot speak until a brilliant neurologist offers a radical approach to unlock her mind long enough to ask a few questions.What Pierce learns from Kat sets Sigma Force on a frantic quest for answers that are connected to mysteries reaching back to the Spanish Inquisition and to one of the most reviled and blood soaked books in human history a Medieval text known as the Malleus Maleficarum, the Hammer of Witches What they uncover hidden deep in the past will reveal a frightening truth in the present and a future on the brink of annihilation, and force them to confront the ultimate question What does it mean to have a soul Best Download Books Crucible (Sigma Force, #14) Author James Rollins – kino-fada.fr After a gut wrenching start to the book, Rollins delivers another fast paced Sigma Force thriller In this one a young woman creates the next evolution in A.I But a group called the Crucible is determined to do anything to get the device and send the world back to the Dark Ages Monk and Gray must do whatever it takes to keep the device safe This was int...My romance with globe trotting action adventure spy thrillers started almost a decade ago and I ve always had so much fun reading them But I did feel that some of them have been losing their mojo when some of their books in the past few years didn t feel upto the mark However, I have been pleasantly surprised in the past few months and I m so thankful for it While Steve Berry s latest The Malta Exchange and Matthew Reilly s Three Secret Cities thoroughly impressed me, this book showed me My romance with globe trotting action adventure spy thrillers started almost a decade ago and I ve always had so much fun reading them But I did feel that some of them have been losing their mojo when some of their books in the past few years didn t feel upto the mark However, I have been pleasantly surprised in the past few months and I m so thankful for it While Steve Berry s latest The Malta Exchange and Matthew Reilly s Three Secret Cities thoroughly impressed me, this book showed me why James Rollins has been my go to author for this genre for the past ten years I was just expectin...Commander Gray Pierce arrives home on Christmas Eve, only to find out that Seichan, his pregnant lover is gone and his best friend s wife Kat is on the brink of death Kat is the only one that saw the attack, but how to get someone in a semi comatose state to speak A neurologist may have the answer to that Meanwhile, a terrified young woman witnesses a massacre by a video link and realizes that her invention is the reason for this and now she has to run These two events will link together and Commander Gray Pierce arrives home on Christmas E...Another excellent entry into the Sigma Force series They re not always entirely believable, but they re always fun, and this one is no exception though I m not sure the characters would say it was fun for them Makes me want to reread the whole series againI will admit, I am rubbish when it comes to understanding the workings of the computer I do know how to turn them on an off, do the important things like write my blog and compile my shopping lists, but the rest leaves me with a blank look upon my face and the feeling that somehow I have been left behind So, in James Rollins newest outing with the brave and intrepid members of Sigma Force, Crucible, left me lagging in netherspace or is it etherspace I did so enjoy the rapid pace of the story, I will admit, I am rubbish when it comes to understanding the workings of the computer I do know how to turn them on an off, do the important things like write my blog and compile my shopping lists, but the rest leaves me with a blank look upon my face and the feeling that somehow I have been left behind So, in James Rollins newest outing with the ...3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum Rollins is one of those authors who has been on the periphery of my attention for a while now, and so when I was offered a chance to review his newest Sigma Force novel, I decided to give it a try Although Crucible is the fourteenth installment of the series and I usually balk at the idea of starting anywhere other than the beginning, I was reassured when I learned that book can be enjoyed as a standalone.At the U 3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum Rollins is one of those authors who has been on the periphery of my attention for a while now, and so when I was offered a chance to review his newest Sigma Force novel, I decided to give it a try Although Crucible is the fourteenth installment of the series and I usually balk at the idea of starting anywhere other than the beginning, I was reassured when I learned that book can be enjoyed as a standalone.At the University of Coimbra in Portugal, the first test of an advanced artificial intelligence program is abruptly halted when the laboratory in which the experiment is taking place is invaded by a grou...Not even close to his bestI automatically order every Rollins novel to be delivered to my Kindle upon publication Oneof this caliber and I will require a sample first While the premise was intriguing, the excess repetition rapidly became boring and the conclusion obvious I understand the convention he was using in the development of Eve s intelligence, but a couple of examples would have sufficed Oh well, an occasional disappointment is inevitable This is the first of his novels not t Not even close to his bestI automatically order every Rollins novel to be delivered to my Kindle upon publication Oneof this caliber...At the heart of this installment of the Sigma Force series is a scary scenario that artificial intelligence will eventually develop to an extent to protect itself against its human creators Eve is invented by a Spanish scientist Mara , and during her introduction to her sponsors, they are slaughtered by an ancient religious cult of witch hunters, who want Eve to promote their agenda Eve s last transmission is a Sigma sign Mea...To be honest, I m a James Rollins fan but I found it difficult getting through the book It wasn t as enjoyable as many of his other books I felt like he was throwing a whole lot at a wall and hoping something would sti...James Rollins The Demon Crown, 2017, etc 14th Sigma Force novel delivers such a shocking conclusion that the author actually starts off with a warning to readers to proceed at their own risk.What starts as a lighthearted opening set in Silver Spring, Maryland, soon morphs into something tragic Commander Grayson Pierce and Monk, his best friend and colleague, talk over drinks at a small tavern on Christmas Eve Monk, who was recently fitted with a newer,advanced prosthetic, uses DARPA James Rollins The Demon Crown, 2017, etc 14th Sigma Force novel delivers such a shocking conclusion that the author actually starts off with a warning to readers to proceed at their own risk.What starts as a lighthearted opening set in Silver Spring, Maryland, soon morphs into something tragic Commander Grayson Pierce and Monk, his best friend and colleague, talk over drinks at a small tavern on Christmas Eve Monk, who was recently fitted with a newer,advanced prosthetic, uses...

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05 February 2017

James Rollins