Bloodline

A Sigma Force Novel, Book 8

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez

Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling author James Rollins takes you to the edge of modern medicine, genetics, and technology, revealing the next evolutionary leap forward: Immortality - a future conceived through the monstrous ingenuity of man....

Galilee, 1025. A cunning Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure: the Bachal Isu - the staff of Jesus Christ - a priceless icon that holds a mysterious and terrifying power that will forever change humanity if unleashed.

A millennium later, Somali pirates hijack a yacht off the coast off the Horn of Africa, kidnapping a young pregnant American woman and brutally killing her husband. Painter Crowe and his SIGMA team are enlisted for the top secret rescue mission. The kidnapped woman is Amanda Gant-Bennett, the daughter of U.S. President James Gant. Crowe is more than a little suspicious that the kidnapping masks a far more nefarious plot.

In the field, Commander Gray Pierce leads his small team of operatives into the treacherous African jungle to find the missing woman. But what should be a straightforward rescue turns into a fiery ambush and a deadly act of betrayal. As Commander Pierce and his team discover, the hostage is a pawn in a shattering act of terrorism with dark and shocking repercussions. And the danger is only beginning....

Performed by Peter Jay Fernandez.

©2012 James Czajkowski (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers

So good!

Rollins makes every story gripping, energetic, exciting and complete. You can imagine the movie being made with each of his stories. I can even see which actors and actresses would play each role! Great book!

Superbly Written Again

Here we are at Sigma Force book 8 and I am still interested. It is not like James takes the same outline and uses again. Wait a minute thats what he did. Some big problem arises and a secret agency named sigma investigates. Painter Crow that boss man has to come up with a way to save Sigma Force from the politicians. In every book Painter finds a way to barely get by. The agents of Sigma face their problems head on and always spend half the book getting their butt's handed to them. Finally though good wins out and Sigma saves the day. After 8 books this outline is old, right? NO sir, I still get surprised when the perfect plan fails and Sigma must start again. I still fear the worst when all seems lost and jump for joy when the heros come through. I should just face reality James Rollins is a good author that writes a good quality book. If you have not read any of the Sigma Force novels, what are you waiting for.

awesome

awesome book. it's super awesome and is truly awesome in it's awesomeness. really an awesome book

amazing

Would you listen to Bloodline again? Why?

yes I already listened to it three times because its amazing

Who was your favorite character and why?

kawalski because he kicks ass

Have you listened to any of Peter Jay Fernandez’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

yes peter jay fernandez does a great job always

Great team!

Loved the suspense! Definitely lots of 'edge of your seat' and breath holding moments waiting to see what happens next.

Not a Rollins best

I started with the strange books and enjoyed most. Then the Sigma Force came along and I really got into that. This one doesn't do it for me. Maybe it's the topic - there were a few yuks along the way.

Really interesting. It was a book that was hard to put down.

I really enjoy books by James Rollins. There is a continuity in the
Characters. The story’s are very diverse and keep my attention, because there are always surprises to the stories.

Up to Sigma Force snuff

Lots of adventure, twists and turns, all the things one might look for in a take-your-mind-off-reality secret mission novel.

Exciting!

This book should be made into a movie! One of the best in the series!

Non-stop Brilliance

I think James Rollins is incredible. Although a few of his earlier, non-Sigma Force, books were weak, I was unable to turn this audiobook off. I actually fell asleep two nights with my earbuds in from exhaustion, not from lack of action in the story.

Rollins has developed these characters so that the reader can't help but care about them. In this novel, he delves deeper into their lives and uses the DNA premise of the book to add to character development. As always, I felt as if I was in the locations where the story took place; feeling the muggy heat of the American South, the jungles of Africa, the tension in a White House that is inhabited by a President who may or may not (no spoilers) be part of the enemy. Rollins's true gift is his ability to link science, history, story and characters into a palette of extraordinary writing and story-telling.

I never quite know where a Sigma Force novel will end (other than with me wanting more). If you haven't read the other books, I do have to advise that you start from the beginning only so that you feel the true richness of these people that Rollins has created. I know that I am always sad when one of these books ends and Bloodline was no exception!