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It should come as surprise to no one that I am a huge sucker for James Rollins and his books. In particular, the Sigma Force novels. I'm not sure what the allure is, to be honest. Maybe because a Rollins novel is like watching a really good action flick. Plus, there is very little of the romance vibe that I normally hate in popular novels. My thought is, if you want romance in a novel...read a fuckin' romance novel.
Anyway, The Eye of God is a recent installment in the James Rollins pantheon. Of course it revolves around the elite operations team of Sigma Force. In this particular installment, Sigma Force is on the trail to recover a satellite that was thrust back to Earth after spending a little quality time within the tail of a comet. Apparently, a little dark energy (dark matter) was detected and the science nerds want their hands on it to fully find out what happened. The powerful folks want it back so that other powerful folks don't get it first. One problem: it crash landed in the remote regions of Mongolia.
Luckily for Sigma Force, Commander Pierce and his lover/partner/assassin Seichan are in Southeast Asia attempting to hunt down Seichan's long-lost mother. This is a whole story in and of itself. But, this angle somehow weaves it's way back around and old mom makes her way into the satellite angle. Interesting twist, but I won't give it away...as you know, I'm not really into spoilers.
The team converges upon Mongolia. In addition to the normal Sigma Force players, you get some help from Vatican archivist Vigor, his granddaughter and Italian policewoman Rachel, and scientist Jada. None of these newbies really add nor take away from the story. They're just there. But, that's ok. There is a new Sigma operative named Duncan who has a pretty cool fetish that helps out the team in the end. He's a cool character and I hope Rollins keeps him around.
The whole plot is centered upon found artifacts of the great Ghengis Khan...you know, the Mongolian badass? Anyway, there is twists, turns, and threads that weave between the modern day and the ancient times of the great Khan. Pretty cool and deftly done by the author.
I won't give away the ending but the world does get saved. But, you'll have to spend a few hours with the book in order to find out how.
In the proverbial nutshell: The Eye of God is a good read. Fast-paced, fun, and has enough action to choke a Navy Seal. Good stuff.
Also, check out James Rollins' website here. It's actually not a bad site. Kudos
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