The Eye of God

A Sigma Force Novel, Book 9

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: Christian Baskous

Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

In The Eye of God, a Sigma Force novel, New York Times best-selling author James Rollins delivers an apocalyptic vision of a future predicted by the distant past.

In the wilds of Mongolia, a research satellite has crashed, triggering an explosive search for its valuable cargo: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy...and a shocking image of the eastern seaboard of the United States in utter ruin.

At the Vatican, a package arrives containing two strange artifacts: a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound in human skin. DNA evidence reveals that both came from the same body: the long-dead Mongol king Genghis Khan.

Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force set out to discover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a mystery going back to the birth of Christianity, and to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity.

©2013 James Czajkowski (P)2013 HarperCollinsPublishers

Don’t change the narrator

Seriously, I actually had to stop listening. This guy might be good for some stories, but he can’t do Italian accent and the Russian accents and and Chinese accents just sound nasally and off putting. The narrator might be good for children’s books, but not the sigma force novels. Very disappointed in this rendition.

Not my favorite James Rollins book, but still good.

I love James Rollins books. Especially the Sigma Force series, but I found myself loosing attention with this book. I think it may have had a little more to do with Christian Baskous voice than anything. He is a decent performer, but his voice is so monotone I keep finding myself wandering away from the story. Otherwise the story itself was pretty good. I just think another narrator would have been better.

Good and bad

I have thoroughly enjoyed this series, but not a fan of the narrator. I got lost in the story a few times and I’m not sure if it was the story it’s off or the person reading it.

Great book, awful narration

Another solid Rollins Sigma novel, but The narrator is so bad it hurts. Not sure what happened to the guy from the previous novels but please bring him back. This new guys’ accents are so off it’s offensive.

Good story, narration was less than stellar

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the story, as I have with all of James Rollins' Sigma Force novels. However, the narration was awful. All the accents sounded Asian, including the Italians. I think I would have enjoyed this story much more if I would have read it myself.

Terrible reader

Good story, but the narrator was so terrible, it was distracting. His accents were often unnecessary and all over the place. Bring back Peter J. Fernandez!!

BASKOUS IS SHIT. Rollins is wonderful.

The Sigma Force series is more fascinating every time a new story comes out! This Narrator Christian Basckous is the worst. Baskous changes accent without warning. He distracts from the story. He should not be allowed to do this. I cannot understand how this happened. where is the quality control Audible?

Difficult to follow

I have read the entire series and this book often found we trying to stay oriented to the story.

not as good as some but still enjoyable

it was good but not quite as engaging as some of his other books I've read or listened too.

Bad performance - needs to find another job

I have over 500 audible books Sigma force is one of my favorite series but if this guy had been reading the very first one I would not have bought the second