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Map of Bones is an action adventure tale, combining both ancient secret societies, a la Dan Brown, and other secret societies, a la...well... Ian Fleming. Sigma is the good guy crew here, led by Grayson Pierce, this book's version of 007, ably assisted by his trusted buddy, Monk, and the relative ne Leggi tutto

Map of Bones is the 2nd book in the Sigma Force series written by James Rollins. I've previously read the first book in the series and several other novels in this genre. The focus shifts from Painter Crowe to Grayson Pierce now, although Painter does appear in many scenes. Grayson leads a team to p Leggi tutto

4.0 stars. Second in the Sigma Force series (after Sandstorm ), I can now see that this is going to be a great series. These books are incredibly quick reads with fast, well thought out plots. Even though they are quick reads, don't think there is no detail as James Rollins is a research fanatic and Leggi tutto

What a terrible, incredibly long dribble this is. Many of the people who've rated this book poorly have pointed out the many failings within it. The entire plot is absolutely ridiculous: You have an implausible group of so-called geniuses who also happen to be -supposedly- super agents, James Bond typ Leggi tutto

This is the first book by James Rollins that I was going to read, then I learned that there was a series, so I read the first book, "Sandstorm", first and then returned to this. You don't really HAVE to read the first two books in any order I think because there is little that is actually spoiled in Leggi tutto

4,75 stars - ☘️☘️☘️- 4,75 sterren - Nederlandse paperback - 🌹🌹🌹 Quote uit het boek : in die periode zou het zelfs makkelijk zijn geweest een geheime kamer te bouwen. Het Vaticaan was toen grotendeels verlaten. Het werd pas in 1377 de plek waar de pauselijke macht zetelde. Wederom een verhaal vol acti Leggi tutto

Like DaVinci Code & Angels and Demons? No! MUCH BETTER! What a great read! Rollins has taken a great concept, the power of gold powder like that in manna and the ark of the covenant, and developed a fascinating story. The history behind the gold powder and the interest of US Special Ops and the Vatic Leggi tutto

Overall, this book was well written and the author's knowledge of the concepts and history integrated throughout the book is evident. Characters are well developed, but there was one major flaw that I found which affected my perception of Map of Bones. By the time I got to the end, I had no idea wha Leggi tutto

I learned so much from this book and found Rollins' research to be excellent. I also liked the biblical and historical references and the visits to Maryland, Washington D. C., Cologne, Rome, Alexandria and Avignon France. The characters were very interesting with an adventurous plot with lots of act Leggi tutto

Review for 6-CD audio version. Dan Brown, just sillier and with more boom-booms This novel suffers from the same problems as Dan Brown's novels ( lemme mansplain you somethin', honey ), just with more bombastic shootouts and destruction of sacred spaces. Let's not mention the more-evil-than-evil cartoo Leggi tutto