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The Last Oracle is the 5th book in the Sigma Force series written by James Rollins. Years ago, I read a lot of thriller/suspense novels that focused on archaeological discoveries, ancient curses, and international espionage, but for some reason I stopped. Earlier this year, I began incorporating them into my reading queue again and realized how much I'd missed them. Now that I'm catching up with about 20 across a few different series, I think maybe I'm jumping back in too quickly. So often, they...
James Rollins is one of my absolute favorite of authors and I anxiously awaited the release of this book after turning the last page of The Judas Strain, which I reviewed on July 27, 2007. Rollins did not disappoint!The Last Oracle picks up where The Judas Strain left off. From Rollins website I pulled this description, most of which is also the backliner:"What if you could bio-engineer the next great world prophet: scientifically produce the next Buddha, the next Muhammad, or even the next Jesu...
Exploiting savant talents for military purposes is a fascinating yet horrifying prospect, which makes for a novel story. Kick up the intensity by making it exploiting the talents of autistic savant children who have been biologically altered to heighten their abilities, and you get Rollins' The Last Oracle. This fresh topic appealed to me from the very beginning and kept me turning pages quickly to see how things would turn out.As you would expect with a Sigma novel, there is ample government se...
I absolutely love the Sigma Force novels by James Rollins, and this one was no let down. He is everything Dan Brown wishes he could be. The stories are smartly paced, well researched, intriguing and funny and thrilling and full of heart. The characters are well crafted and we get so caught up in their personalities, even without boring side plots that reveal their relationships. This one picks up after a very intense cliffhanger, so if you're new to the series I wouldn't suggest starting with th...
A great adventure, yet missed opportunities within the larger Sigma Force context, The Last Oracle is frustrating at times. The concept of enhanced autistic children is very far fetched, though Rollins makes it work by humanizing the kids, allowing them to feel terror, love and even playfulness instead of being mini super people. There's a lot less chasing ancient clues around the world, however Rollins still lapses into formula, especially with the new scientist who is somehow able to kick butt...
4 Stars to an Old Friend When I picked up The Last Oracle as my next read, I didn't realize that it had been nearly two years since I read the previous book in the Sigma Series. I was quite surprised to see how far I had fallen behind. Absence, as they say, only made the heart grow fonder. Picking up a James Rollins novel is like sitting down with an old friend. The flow of the story and the likeable characters are comforting and familiar. While re-entering the world of Sigma Force, the Last
Read out of sequence good but for me a little jerky in the ideas.
Sigma Force comes up against an unlikely combination of mysteries in this novel: autism and nuclear radiation. I found the plot of Last Oracle to be less tightly-constructed than previous Rollins novels. It took me a long time to get into it because it took so long for the plot to take any sort of shape. The characters were aimlessly following the clues given by a dead man and an autistic child for over half the book, with no clue as to what their goal was. Oddly enough, I found all the characte...
As the world turns in this series, I am riveted to the next adventure as Rollins continues to capture the characters where they have left off. Monk, one of the leading men of the Sigma Team was lost to us in the previous novel, The Judas Strain, and presumed dead. He is back! Yippie!! I love him. He is surrounded by 'gypsy' children who have been genetically altered and kept near Chernobyl where there is a vast amount of radiation, still active. A team of mad scientists have a major use for thes...
I read this while I was in the goofy garage during 2014. My delightful friends supported my reading habit, and never once wondered (to me, that is, I have no idea what they said amongst themselves!) why I was asking for Rollins's books.I wanted to read them because they are very entertaining, have enough plot and character development to keep me distracted from being in a public mental health facility, and are intensely visually told stories with deep sci-fi roots and some supernatural almost-Lo...
5 STARS (OR SOMETHING VERY CLOSE)The Last Oracle, more than any of the previous books in this series, is a non-stop rollercoaster ride. There was no time to take a break, have a coffee or even go out to walk the dogs (don't worry, they did get taken out - just not by me) while I was reading this. It was 48 hours of intensive page-flipping with few breaks. It starts with a single death and ends with many more. Rollins doesn't pull punches with his novels - he takes us close to the darkest depths
oh MOMMA I loved this book. This is one of the few books in a series that the story alone carried it away to 5 stars. It delved into the characters of Monk and Kowalski (I am one of his HUGE fans!!!) and let go of Painter and Grey development. It sure worked for me. I don't know why, but this book dinged a spot in my heart.
The Last Oracle follows a similar path to Black Order, in that a Sigma operative ends up in the base of a nefarious foreign group, intent on killing the world through SCIENCE! In Black Order it was Painter with the Germans, in The Last Oracle it’s Monk with the Russians. The Germans were intent on creating quantum sickness with a device called “The Bell”, allowing their genetically modified offspring to reign superior. The Russians in this book are intent on creating widespread radiation sicknes...
The Last Oracle was an excellent addition to the SIGMA Force series with an engaging plot that wraps up a thread left hanging in The Judas Strain.Outside of SIGMA headquarters, Commander Gray Pierce is caught in a firefight that leaves a man dead with an ancient coin clutched in his hand. After the coin leads SIGMA to a relic traced back to the Oracle of Delphi, the race is on to solve the artifact’s mysteries while keeping it out of the hands of the unrelenting killers on their trail. At the sa...
Book 5 in Sigma Force series. A group of scientists unleash a project that could bring the extinction of humankind. History that traces back to the Greek Oracle of Delphi. It’s a race against time to solve the mystery but will the past be enough to save the future. A combination of interesting and boring but still a good read. Should be 100 Pgs shorter. Still looking forward to next book in the series. Recommend to history lovers.