Category: James Rollins

  • Book Review: “The Last Oracle” by James Rollins

    Book Review: “The Last Oracle” by James Rollins

    Genre: Thriller 398 AD Delphi has been slowly falling into ruin, and Pythia, the last oracle, is perfectly willing to let it fade away. A young girl has entered her life, a special young girl with gifts Pythia could only dream about. The Romans are coming up the mountain to destroy Delphi, kill the girl,…

  • Short Story Summary: “The Skeleton Key” by James Rollins

    Short Story Summary: “The Skeleton Key” by James Rollins

    A bit of a backstory on assassin, Seichan….. Waking up suddenly with a “knife” at her neck, Seichan finds out that is it a remote controlled collar squeezing her neck. Trying to get the collar off results in a shock that knocks her off her feet for a few moments. Guess that won’t work. Seichan…

  • Book Review: “Subterranean” by James Rollins

    Book Review: “Subterranean” by James Rollins

    Genre: Thriller Ashley Carter is a single mom (to Jason) and a Paleoanthropology Assistant Professor specializing in cliff-dwelling primatives. What in the world would the U.S. Government want her for? Well, they need her to lead a team of biologists, geologists, and caving experts on a “research” mission beneath the Antarctic Ice Shelf. Ashley is…

  • Book Review: “Tracker: A Short Story Exclusive” by James Rollins

    Book Review: “Tracker: A Short Story Exclusive” by James Rollins

    Genre: Thriller This is a short story prequel to “Bloodline” by James Rollins. Ex-Army Ranger and dog handler, Tucker Wayne, and his faithful companion (and his military superior), Kane, are enjoying coffee at a bistro in Budapest, Hungary. Kane is a Belgian Malinois and was trained to act as Tucker’s right hand man in Afghanistan.…

  • Book Review: “Black Order” by James Rollins

    Book Review: “Black Order” by James Rollins

     (Third SIGMA Book) Genre: Thriller – As WW II was coming to an end, the Nazis dismantled, or hid, a lot of the technology / science they were working on. They also executed the scientists and engineers working on some of these advanced technologies / sciences. Many years later in the Himalayan Mountains, a strange…

  • Book Review: "Altar of Eden" by James Rollins

    Book Review: "Altar of Eden" by James Rollins

    BUY it! Genre:  Thriller / Adventure Rating:  4 WaterTowers (Awesome thrill ride) This book was signed by James Rollins and sold at Costco.  I grabbed it. 2003: At the recently destroyed Zoo in Bagdad, Iraq two boys searching for scraps of food witness a strange beast mauling a murderer.  Under the cover of the chaos,…

  • Book Review: “Excavation” by James Rollins

    Book Review: “Excavation” by James Rollins

    Genre: Thriller: Adventure James Rollins has a great imagination. This is, I think, the 4th book of his I have read and Excavation did not disappoint. In 1538, in the Andes Mountains in Peru, Friar Francisco de Almagro is running for his life from Inca warriors. He just escaped his fate (death) to try to…