Part of Sigma Force, book 13
First published 2017
Commander Grayson Pierce leads Sigma Force against a threat that has wiped out every living thing on an island off Brazil's coast. Only one scientist survived the massacre: Professor Ken Matsui, a Cornell entomologist who studies venomous creatures. The horror traces back to bones preserved in amber, hidden beneath the National Mall a century ago by Alexander Graham Bell and other scientists. They couldn't destroy the artifact because it contains the secret of life after death. Now something dormant in those bones has awakened and evolved into a weapon of devastating power. Pierce faces a direct assault on Maui as the entity grows stronger and smarter with each transformation. The mystery connects to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution itself. Time runs out as the threat spreads and adapts to every countermeasure. Pierce confronts an impossible decision: ally with Sigma Force's greatest enemy, the resurrected Guild, to stop this extinction-level danger, even if it means sacrificing one of his own team members.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Brazil, Cornell, Maui, National Mall, Smithsonian Institution
Period: 19th-century, 20th-century, 21st-century
598 pages · Kindle Edition · William Morrow