On August 6th, the gang from Sigma Force returns to action in Arkangel, the latest globetrotting adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins.
This will be the 18th book in Rollins’ popular Sigma Force series, which first kicked off with Sandstorm back in 2004. Most recently, Rollins published Tides of Fire (2023), which follows Commander Gray Pierce and the rest of his Sigma Force (“scientists with guns”) team as they investigate an international research station off the coast of Australia that’s believed to be linked to a series of natural disasters. Considered by many to be the heir to the throne once held by Michael Crichton, Rollins’ work has also drawn comparisons to Dan Brown, and he is widely considered one of the greatest storytellers still writing today.
His next book promises to expose a conspiracy more than 300 years in the making, its origin dating all the way back to the days of the Russian Tsars.
Check out the official plot details and cover art below.
From the #1 New York Times master of international thrillers comes the story of a hunt across the globe, pitting nation against nation, as ancient myths of a lost continent prove all too real.
The execution of a Vatican archivist within the shadow of the Kremlin exposes a conspiracy going back three centuries—to the bloody era of the Russian Tsars. Before his murder, he manages to dispatch a coded message, a warning of a terrifying threat, one tied to a secret buried within the Golden Library of Tsars, a vast and treasured archive that had vanished into history.
As combative forces race for the truth behind this death and alarming discovery, Sigma Force is summoned to aid in the search—not only for this missing trove of ancient books, but to follow a trail far into the Arctic, to search for the truth about a lost continent and a revelation that could ignite a global war. But Sigma Force has its own difficulties at home after an explosive attack on the National Mall—one aimed at the heart of their covert agency—has left them vulnerable and exposed.
The growing conflict—both on Russian soil and deep in the Arctic—will reignite a centuries-old war between the newly resurgent Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican, while sabers rattle across the nations of the Arctic Circle, threatening to turn those icy seas into a fiery conflagration.
Facing enemies on all sides, it will be up to Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force to unravel a mystery going back millennia—and uncover the truth about a lost civilization and an arcane treasure that could save the planet…or destroy it.
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.
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