Part of Sigma Force, book 3
First published 2006
A bookstore fire in Copenhagen sets Commander Gray Pierce on a deadly chase spanning four continents. Someone murdered for a Bible that once belonged to Charles Darwin, and the theft connects to Nazi experiments in an abandoned Polish mountain laboratory. Meanwhile, Buddhist monks in a remote Nepalese monastery descend into cannibalism and torture, victims of a mysterious plague. American doctor Lisa Cummings investigates the monastery massacre but becomes a target for assassination. Her only protection comes from Painter Crowe, director of SIGMA Force, who poses as a pilgrim while showing early signs of the same madness that destroyed the monks' minds. Pierce must rescue both Crowe and Cummings while unraveling a conspiracy that reaches back a century. The plot threatens to topple governments and reshape human destiny itself.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: conspiracy, global-threat
Setting: Copenhagen, Nepal, Poland
Period: 19th-century, 20th-century
640 pages · ebook · HarperCollins Publishers
Content warnings: violence