From Barnes & NobleOnce again, Sigma Force (Black Order; Map of Bones) must pursue a full agenda. In The Judas Strain, the ultra-secret crew of scientific commandos tracks a conspiracy that involves a body-gnawing bacteriological plague, a prehistoric cryptogram, and an unpublicized side trip by explorer Marco Polo. As usual, James Rollins's novel moves faster than any synopsis can capture.
Publishers WeeklyThe special-ops trained scientists of Sigma Force battle the criminals of the shadowy Guild in bestseller Rollins's lively third Sigma Force thriller (after Black Order). An ancient and deadly plague, the Judas Strain (which afflicted Marco Polo), has suddenly re-emerged. Gray Pierce, a Sigma operative, and Seichan, a Guild defector, pursue clues to the nature of the plague to the Vatican, Istanbul (with a fine shootout in the Hagia Sophia mosque), Marco Polo's tomb and, finally, Cambodia's Angkor Wat.
