### From Publishers Weekly A mysterious biblical object, nefarious Vatican spies and a deadly centuries-old religious cabalβsound familiar? Sacramento veterinarian Rollins offers more _Da Vinci Code_ βstyle thrills for the seriously addicted. In this seventh outing, hooded men invade midnight mass
Map of Bones: A Novel
β Scribed by Rollins, James
- Publisher
- Orion
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 355 KB
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780062017857
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β¦ Synopsis
The horrific theft of a priceless relic...a secret society reaching back to the Middle Ages...and the top-flight US team who must stop them. A heart-stopping SIGMA Force thriller from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Rollins.When a group of parishioners is burned to death in a German cathedral, the US sends in SIGMA Force. For this tragedy is more than a case of arson - someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral's golden reliquary: the bones of the biblical Three Kings.Commander Gray Pierce leads a team on the hunt for the Royal Dragon Court, a clandestine aristocratic fraternity of alchemists that dates back to the Middle Ages and seeks to establish a new world order using the mystical bones. Pierce and his team follow a trail that leads from Europe's Gothic cathedrals through the remnants of the seven wonders of the ancient world to a mystical place where science and religion unite to unleash a threat not seen since the beginning of time itself...
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### From Publishers Weekly A mysterious biblical object, nefarious Vatican spies and a deadly centuries-old religious cabalβsound familiar? Sacramento veterinarian Rollins offers more _Da Vinci Code_ βstyle thrills for the seriously addicted. In this seventh outing, hooded men invade midnight mass