The reader is never subjected to dense pages of scientific jargon or explanations. Despite pulling bits and pieces of information from many different fields the science never overwhelms the plot of the novel. Omaha Dunn, rightly nicknamed Indiana Jones are dragged along for the ride.As an anthropology major, what really drew me in, was the use of real archaeological sites and theories, as well as, real scientific facts woven into the fiction. Painter and Safia’s ex-fiance and archaeologist Dr. An anatomically correct iron heart is revealed in the center of a sandstone statue that was turned to glass by the explosion and this discovery leads curator and archaeologist Safia as well as her patron and adopted sister Lady Kensington on a hunt for the lost city of Ubar. The Force is aptly described at one point as “scientists with guns.” After a strange lightning storm causes an explosion in the British Museum, Agent Painter Crowe is called in on the suspicion of a terrorist attack yet what he finds is so much stranger. Sandstorm, the first book in the series, follows the adventures of Sigma Force agent Painter Crowe and British Museum curator Safia Al-Maaz as they race to solve a mystery buried under the deserts of Arabia.Rollins’ Sigma Force is a secret intelligence agency buried within the American government tasked with researching, finding, and gathering new and dangerous scientific technologies.
Rollins combines current scientific discoveries with the fast-paced adventure that we’ve seen in other novels such as Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Chandler AdamsIf you enjoy science, adventure, and mystery I highly recommend The Sigma Force Series by James Rollins.
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