The Eye of God: a novel: A Novel: novel

✍ Scribed by James Rollins

• Publisher: Harper Collins;William Morrow
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 306 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

In The Eye of God , a Sigma Force novel, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins delivers an apocalyptic vision of a future predicted by the distant past.

In the wilds of Mongolia, a research satellite has crashed, triggering an explosive search for its valuable cargo: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy--and a shocking image of the eastern seaboard of the United States in utter ruin.

At the Vatican, a package arrives containing two strange artifacts: a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound in human skin. DNA evidence reveals that both came from the same body: the long dead Mongol king Genghis Khan.

Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force set out to discover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a mystery going back to the birth of Christianity, and to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity. **

From Booklist

Rollins’ latest Sigma Force thriller verges on science fiction. A satellite crashes in Mongolia, but before it does, it transmits what appears to be an image of Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., in ruins. The image, it turns out, is time-shifted from the very near future by about 90 hours (there’s a rather laborious scientific explanation for how this could happen). As Painter Crowe, head of Sigma, tries to understand the situation, operative Gray Pierce learns of an ancient relic that seems to predict imminent disaster. In four days, the end of the world begins, and can even the highly skilled Sigma team stop something as big as that? As usual, there’s a historical element to the story—this time involving Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, and Genghis’ legendary hidden treasure—but it’s the fast-paced action that carries us through to the end. Sure, the Sigma Force novels are formulaic (modern-day threat, ancient mystery, a team of experts who risk their lives to avert disaster at the last minute), but when the formula generates this much excitement, should we really mind? --David Pitt

Review

"Rollins is one of the most inventive storytellers writing today." (Lincoln Child)

"James Rollins is a master of international action and intrigue." (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

"James Rollins knows adventure." (Chicago Sun-Times)

"James Rollins is clearly at the top of his game." (Steve Berry, bestselling author of The Romanov Prophecy on Map of Bones)

"Terrible secrets, the sweep of history, an epic canvas, breathless action...nobody--and I mean nobody--does this stuff better than Rollins." (Lee Child on The Devil Colony)

"The science... reads like the best of Michael Crichton. The machinations of government read like the best of David Baldacci. And the action and thrills read like the best of Clive Cussler. Rollins takes the best of all of these and creates an amazing thriller unlike any other." (Associated Press on Bloodline on THE EYE OF GOD)

"Nobody--and I mean nobody--does this stuff better than Rollins." (Lee Child on The Devil Colony)

"Rollins effortlessly blends science and superstition in the grand tradition of Clive Cussler and David Morrell." (Providence Journal)

"This guy doesn't write novels--he builds roller coasters. . . . Rollins excels at combining action and history with larger-than-life characters. . . . A must for pure action fans." (Booklist)

"Rollins does his job: thrills promised, then delivered." (Tampa Tribune)

"Rollins combines real-world science with high-octane action to create rousing stories of adventure that are as exciting as any movie." (Chicago Sun-Times)

" . . . this is your summer beach read writ large." (New York Journal of Books on THE EYE OF GOD)

"Rollins has done it again. Real history and science play a key role in all of the action, which never wanes. Amid all of the chaos are some terrific characters who get a chance to shine. Definitely keep an eye out for this one." (Library Journal (starred review) on THE EYE OF GOD)

"Adventurous and enormously engrossing..." -- Alan Cheuse, NPR

"Rollins's roguish charm comes from his efforts to persuade readers the story is credible [through] real-life sources for his novel's science, history and geography." -- New York Times

"After Crichton passed away in 2008 he clearly passed the baton to James Rollins, who like Crichton, is a renaissance man." -- Huffington Post

"If you're a fan of smart, entertaining adventure fiction, this is your summer beach read writ large. . . .All the science, all the history, and all the locations are masterfully intertwined. The characters are multi- dimensional. And the story is, well, a corker." --Mark Sullivan, New York Journal of Books

"Rollins has done it again. Real history and science play a key role in all of the action, which never wanes...Definitely keep an eye out for this one." -- Library Journal (Starred Review)