Crucible, James Rollins
Crucible, James Rollins
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Crucible
A Thriller

Bestseller

Author: James Rollins

Narrator: Christian Baskous

Unabridged: 14 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/22/2019

Synopsis

In the race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind-expanding adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, told with his trademark blend of cutting edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.Arriving home on Christmas Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend’s wife, Kat, unconscious on the kitchen floor. With no shred of evidence to follow, his one hope to find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to what happened. But the injured woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot speak—until a brilliant neurologist offers a radical approach to “unlock” her mind long enough to ask a few questions.What Pierce learns from Kat sets Sigma Force on a frantic quest for answers that are connected to mysteries reaching back to the Spanish Inquisition and to one of the most reviled and blood-soaked books in human history—a Medieval text known as the Malleus Maleficarum, the Hammer of Witches. What they uncover hidden deep in the past will reveal a frightening truth in the present and a future on the brink of annihilation, and force them to confront the ultimate question: What does it mean to have a soul?

About James Rollins

Veterinary Medicine is a very time consuming, stressful profession, especially for the owner of the veterinary practice. Author, James Rollins (aka James Paul Czajkowski) began his adult career with a DVM degree from the University of Missouri in 1985. He was then working as many as 18 hours a day, while writing on his lunch time, or any spare minutes he might find. For ten years he operated his practice, employing as many as 24 staff personnel, continuing to write during spare moments. One day, he decided to reverse the job and hobby routine. He began writing full time and spent a day or so per week volunteering to do neuter surgeries at the local SPCA.

Rollins began his storytelling very early as a child, so it came naturally to him by the time he made it his main career. His writing gives the reader a look into unseen worlds, mostly underground or underwater. His books are full of originality, scientific breakthroughs, as well as historical insight. All of this packed into a fast paced story line that is honed using his basic knowledge of science and medicine. That skill sets James Rollin's books apart from the others. He is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that are translated into over forty languages. His "Sigma" series is his most popular.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 12, 2024

I've been enjoying the Sigma Force series for a while now... but I have read four in a row to catch up on the latest in the series written by James Rollins. Perhaps I'm a little exhausted and should take a break before the next two, which then put me current for the latest 2022 release. In Crucible,......more

Goodreads review by Sahitya on January 25, 2019

My romance with globe trotting action-adventure/spy thrillers started almost a decade ago and I’ve always had so much fun reading them. But I did feel that some of them have been losing their mojo when some of their books in the past few years didn’t feel upto the mark. However, I have been pleasant......more

Goodreads review by João on March 02, 2020

Eu non creo nas meigas, mas habelas, hainas. Não acredito em bruxas, mas que as há, há. Malleus Maleficarum, Maléficas, earum heresim, ut phramea potentissima conterens. O Martelo das Feiticeiras que destrói bruxas e a sua heresia com uma espada de dois gumes. Bruxas; Inquisição espanhola; Portugal; Espanh......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on January 27, 2019

Commander Gray Pierce arrives home on Christmas Eve, only to find out that Seichan, his pregnant lover is gone and his best friend's wife Kat is on the brink of death. Kat is the only one that saw the attack, but how to get someone in a semi-comatose state to speak? A neurologist may have the answer......more

Goodreads review by John on October 21, 2023

good action and complex historical fiction from Rollins again.......more

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