Very entertaining adventure/mystery about scientific experimentation with animal and the results. Liked the characters!I'm a fan of Rollins, particularly his Sigma series. Anyway, the point is, this was like old school Rollins. The character are interesting but they don't take over.There’s a good balance between the story and the actors in it.Though, i could totally see Sigma wanting to snap these two up. Maybe if they did. So, here we have Jack and Lorna. Jack is a border patrol agent, and Lorn...

This book was absolute trash and I loved every second of it.

I’ve heard many good things about James Rollins and have had his books recommended to me on numerous occasions, but it took me a while before I finally picked one up. After reading Altar of Eden, I’ll certainly be devouring many of his other books.With Altar of Eden, we have a thriller with a science-fiction edge, something I adore. It was not perfect – there were some elements I saw coming from early on and there were some aspects that were a bit too farfetched – but the action had me powering ...

I was happy when his new book came out and not at all disappointed that it wasn't part of his previous series. He started out in the business with individual stories, and for Altar of Eden, he returned to his roots. Being a veterinarian, it is not surprising he wrote a story about animals. What I liked about his earlier books was that he incorporated weird animals (or as I call them, "icky bugs") into the story. In this case, the icky bugs are genetically modified mutant animals (of various spec...

Another great book by James Rollins . I love how in his books there are always adventure but a little romance as well. And facts, for example how the brain can produce enough electricity all the time to feed a flashlight.
Lorna and Jack were very strong character, but I liked all the side ones too.

When you read you enjoy the book, you feel what the characters feels, you learn new things and it's like you are there. The author is that good.

As far as airport novels go, this book was a sleeper...the kind that literally puts you to sleep. That's an odd thing to say about a book that has some of the loudest prose I've ever read, the kind that shouts, shoots, and explodes on every page. But I found it rather dull. I liked the premise and there was a nice amount of science-babble in it. Yet Rollin's cardboard characters with their TV formula problems bored me. This is the first Rollins novel I've read. I know a number of people who like...

WHY are people rating this book so highly??? The characters were cardboard cutouts, the plot was obviously manipulated, the scenarios were so unlikely...the story was more like a series of explosions and gunfights loosely linked together until it finally expired. Having survived to the end, I know a lot more about weaponry and am reassured that one-dimensional good guys can only get wounded no matter how many rounds are fired per minute, while no-dimensional bad guys inevitably get something she...

My first glimpse into James Rollins occurred around 2006. I was managing an overstock bookstore at the time—Book Gallery—and a customer came in asking if we had any of Rollins's works. We had two—Amazonia and Ice Hunt—that he already had read, and so I personally picked them up and brought them home to drop on my never ending and ephemerally conceptualized to-read list. Why? Because he had used such phrases as "like Michael Crichton but way more exciting" and "seriously the best novels!" Phrases...

Lorna is innocently driving to work in Louisiana one morning after a strong storm thinking of how her day is going to go. However, once she gets to work, she finds that she has been told that she is going out to inspect a ship-wrecked boat. What??? She is a vet, what do they need her for? Once she gets there however, she not only has to deal with Jack, a dark and sexy Border Patrol agent from her deep and painful past, she also has to deal with some animals on the ship. Not just any animals mind...

I really liked this book! It is a quick read. I picked it up just to take a look and read seven chapters before I put it back down. I highly recommend all of James Rollins books, but "Altar of Eden" is definitely my favorite.