The Last Oracle
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“A.D. 398
Mount Parnassus
Greece
They had come to slay her.
The woman stood at the temple’s portico. She shivered in her thin garment, a simple shift of white linen belted at the waist, but it was not the cold of predawn that iced her bones.
Below, a torchlight procession flowed up the slopes of Mount Parnassus like a river of fire. It followed the stone-paved road of the Sacred Way, climbing in switchbacks up toward the temple of Apollo. The beat of sword on shield accompanied their progress, a full cohort of the Roman legion, five hundred strong. The road wound through broken monuments and long ransacked treasuries. Whatever could burn had been set to torch.”
Another weekend has come and gone; my pile of books is getting low. My Hunny came home over the weekend bringing me a prezzie and I love prezzies what did he bring me why a book of course. I wasn’t too sure about this one though; The Last Oracle is another installment of the Sigma series which is written by James Rollins and just hit book stores on June 24, 2008.
James Rollins is not only New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of The Judas Strain, Black Order, Map of Bones and other adventure thrillers; he also is a veterinarian with his own practice and if that is not enough he is also an amateur spelunker and scuba diver. Talk about a busy man.
What if you could bio-engineer the next great world prophet: scientifically produce the next Buddha, the next Muhammad, or even the next Jesus? Would it mark the Second Coming or initiate a chain reaction with disastrous consequences?
A master at combining historical and religious intrigue with edge-of-your-seat adventure, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins brings back SIGMA Force to battle a group of rogue scientists who’ve unleashed a bioengineering project that could bring about the extinction of humankind.
From ancient Greek temples to glittering mausoleums, from the slums of India to the toxic ruins of Russia, two men must race against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history — the Greek Oracle of Delphi.
If you are a fan of fast-paced and thrilling action then this book is for you, if you are a Rollins fan you won’t want to miss this new installment and if you have never read anything written by Rollins then get out from under your rock and get a copy.
Happy Reading
Sarah