James Rollins

Bloodline

A SIGMA Force Novel

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Produktbeschreibung

Immortality is not just within our reach?it is already here. Galilee, 1025. A Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure, a priceless icon that holds a mysterious and terrifying power that promises to change humankind forever. A millennium later, Somali pirates hijack a yacht, kidnapping a young pregnant American woman. Commander Gray Pierce is enlisted for a covert rescue mission. Suspicious that the kidnapping masks a more nefarious plot, Gray must confront a shadowy cabal that has manipulated events throughout history. And the danger is only beginning . . . Halfway around the world, a firebombing at a fertility clinic in South Carolina exposes a diabolical conspiracy that goes back centuries . . . a scheme that lies within our genetic code. With time against them, SIGMA must race to save an innocent unborn baby whose very existence raises questions about the nature of mankind: Could you live forever? Would you live forever?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780062002273
• ISBN-10: 0062002279
• Artikelnr.: 34739048

Autorenporträt

James Rollins is the author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. His Sigma series has been lauded as one of the "top crowd pleasers" (New York Times) and one of the "hottest summer reads" (People magazine). In each novel, acclaimed for its originality, Rollins unveils unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets--and he does it all at breakneck speed and with stunning insight. He lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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