Map of Bones (edit title)

AndrewTheLott edited the series of Map of Bones Sunday, September 27 2009.

• Edited this book in the series: sgma forceSIGMA Force book 02

Teodora19 edited the books like this book of Map of Bones Saturday, September 19 2009.

• Added The Rozabal Line
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• Added The Last Oracle: A Novel
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• Added Deep Fathom
• Added Amazonia
• Added No One Heard Her Scream
• Added 14
• Added Ulterior Motives
• Added Across Time: Mystery of the Great Sphinx

Teodora19 edited the books with additional background information of Map of Bones Saturday, September 19 2009.

• Added Rick Steves' Rome 2009 (Rick Steves)
• Added Rick Steves' Rome 2005
• Added Rick Steves' Rome 2007 (Rick Steves)

Teodora19 edited the books influenced by this book of Map of Bones Saturday, September 19 2009.

• Added Black Order: A Novel (Sigma Force Novels)
• Added Raising The Past

Teodora19 edited the books that influenced this book of Map of Bones Saturday, September 19 2009.

• Added The Origin of Species
• Added The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Collector's Library)

Teodora19 edited the first sentence of Map of Bones Saturday, September 19 2009.

• The saboteur had arrived.

Teodora19 edited the summary of Map of Bones Saturday, September 19 2009.

• The bestselling master of astonishing adventure James Rollins delivers his most relentlessly exciting page-turner to date -- a gripping and explosive novel of an ancient conspiracy to create a terrifying new world order out of the ashes of modern civilization.

  The crime is inhumanly cruel with horrific consequences both unthinkable and inevitable. During a service at a cathedral in Cologne, Germany, a band of armed intruders dressed in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of blood and terror, ruthlessly gunning down worshippers and clergy alike. The killers haven't come for the church's gold and valuable artwork, but for a priceless treasure secreted within: the preserved bones of the Three Magi who once came to pay homage to a newborn savior. As they flee the carnage they have wrought, they carry a prize that could reshape the world.

  The Vatican is in turmoil, and Lieutenant Rachel Verona of Rome's carabinieri is assigned to lead the investigation. But no ordinary police organization alone can deal with the bizarre theft and massacre, and SIGMA Force -- an elite covert arm of the U.S. Defense Department -- is called in under the command of Grayson Pierce. New to SIGMA, Pierce assembles a crack team of scientific and Special Forces operatives to unravel the mystery of the stolen bones, and together they set out on a twisting trail through a labyrinth of clues and dark revelations that carry them to the sites of the Seven Wonders of the World -- and to the doorstep of the mystical and terrifying Dragon Court.

  An ancient, secret fraternity of alchemists and assassins, the master-adepts of the Dragon Court have plans for the sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind in devastating ways that only the maddest of zealots could desire -- and they will let nothing and no one stand in their way. Suddenly Pierce, Verona, and the SIGMA team are the hunted as well as the hunters, forced to use every skill they possess to survive as they follow the bones to the ultimate confrontation between darkness and light -- in a lost place of history where science and religion will unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time.

  A masterful novel that combines the exhilarating mysticism of The Da Vinci Code with the pulse-pounding action of a Tom Clancy thriller, James Rollins's Map of Bones is destined to be a modern classic that will stand among the very best adventure tales ever written.

Teodora19 edited the series of Map of Bones Saturday, September 12 2009.

• Added this book in the series: sgma force (Primary series)

Shelfari edited the description of Map of Bones Saturday, August 1 2009.

• During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of blood and destruction. But the killers have not come for gold; they seek a more valuable prize: the bones of the Magi who once paid homage to a newborn savior . . . a treasure that could reshape the world. With the Vatican in turmoil, SIGMA Force leaps into action. An elite team of scientific and Special Forces operatives under the command of Grayson Pierce and accompanied by Lieutenant Rachel Verona of Rome's carabinieri , they are pursuing a deadly mystery that weaves through sites of the Seven Wonders of the World and ends at the doorstep of an ancient, mystical, and terrifying secret order. For there are those with dark plans for the stolen sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind . . . when science and religion unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Map of Bones Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: James Rollins: (Primary Author)