THE SEVENTH PLAGUE
asks, if the biblical plagues of Egypt truly happened—could they happen again—on
a global scale?
In THE SEVENTH
PLAGUE the leader of a British archeological expedition stumbles
out of the Egyptian desert. Before he can explain what happened to his team, he
dies. But his remains hold a terrifying discovery that only deepens the mystery:
something had begun mummifying his body while he was still alive. Sigma must
search for the truth, traveling from the plague-ridden streets of Cairo to a
vast ancient tomb buried under the burning sands of the Sudan; while struggling
to stop a mad genius locked within a remote Arctic engineering complex, risking
the lives of all those he holds dear. As the global crisis grows ever larger,
Sigma Force will confront a threat born of the ancient past and made real by the
cutting-edge science—a danger that will unleash a cascading series of plagues,
culminating in a scourge that could kill all of the world’s children . . .
decimating mankind forever.
James Rollins is one of the most inventive writers writing today, with the
New York Times Book Review raving, “he’s what you
might end up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle
accelerator together.” And in a recent review from Amazon adds, “Think of a
Michael Crichton novel on steroids…”
Sigma
Force
In a breathtaking blend of scientific intrigue and historical mystery, #1 New
York Times bestselling mastermind, James Rollins, reveals an ancient threat
hidden within the pages of the Bible, one that threatens the modern world in
THE SEVENTH
PLAGUE
If the biblical plagues of Egypt truly happened--could they happen
again--on a global scale?
Two years after vanishing into the Sudanese desert, the leader of a British
archeological expedition, Professor Harold McCabe, comes stumbling out of the
sands, frantic and delirious, but he dies before he can tell his story. The
mystery deepens when an autopsy uncovers a bizarre corruption: someone had begun
to mummify the professor's body--while he was still alive.
His strange remains are returned to London for further study, when alarming
news arrives from Egypt. The medical team who had performed the man's autopsy
has fallen ill with an unknown disease, one that is quickly spreading throughout
Cairo. Fearing the worst, a colleague of the professor reaches out to a longtime
friend: Painter Crowe, the director of Sigma Force. The call is urgent, for
Professor McCabe had vanished into the desert while searching for proof of the
ten plagues of Moses. As the pandemic grows, a disturbing question arises.
Are those plagues starting again?
Before Director Crowe can investigate, a mysterious group of assassins leaves
behind a fiery wake of destruction and death, erasing all evidence. With the
professor's body incinerated, his home firebombed, Sigma Force must turn to the
archaeologist's only daughter, Jane McCabe, for help. While sifting through
what's left of her father's work, she discovers a puzzling connection, tying the
current threat to a shocking historical mystery, one involving the travels of
Mark Twain, the genius of Nikola Tesla, and the adventures of famous explorer,
Henry Morgan Stanley.
To unravel a secret going back millennia, Director Crowe and Commander
Grayson Pierce will be thrust to opposite sides of the globe. One will search
for the truth, traveling from the plague-ridden streets of Cairo to a vast
ancient tomb buried under the burning sands of the Sudan; the other will
struggle to stop a mad genius locked within a remote Arctic engineering complex,
risking the lives of all those he holds dear.
As the global crisis grows ever larger, Sigma Force will confront a threat
born of the ancient past and made real by the latest science--a danger that will
unleash a cascading series of plagues, culminating in a scourge that could kill
all of the world's children . . . decimating mankind forever.
Thriller Arcane
[William Morrow, On Sale: December 13, 2016,
Hardcover / e-Book, ISBN: 9780062381682 / eISBN: 9780062381705]
James talks about the themes he explores in THE SEVENTH PLAGUE:
Clearly some reviewers are crowning James Rollins as the heir apparent to one of
the world’s most revered authors. And with THE SEVENTH PLAGUE he
cements this title. He even gives a humble nod to his predecessor in THE SEVENTH PLAGUE, using
the theme “life finds a way” as a crucial plot twist.
In a breathtaking blend of scientific intrigue and historical mystery, the
bestselling mastermind reveals an ancient threat hidden within the pages of the
Bible, a threat with a puzzling connection to the travels of Mark Twain, the
genius of Nikola Tesla, and the adventures of famous explorer, Henry Morgan
Stanley.
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