Historical fiction mixed with physics and religious conspiracy. Rollins gives a complex narrative and entertaining at the same time.

Solid speculative fiction and historical thriller. Will look for more in this series.

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 prevent the underground Guild from causing more damage around this world; this time, they've blown up a church and killed nearly 100 people while stealing relics that might be the bones of the Magi, mo...

My first and still fav from the Sigma series. The science mixed with history is interesting albeit sometimes goes a little over the realism edge but still entertaining. Keep em coming.

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 actie en mystiek. Sigma opereert onder de bescherming van DARPA - een legeronderdeel dat onderzoek doet en wetenschappelijke uitvindingen ondersteund. Gary krijgt samen met Kat en Mink een nieuw missie...

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 type of guys. They put them through "fast track PhD programs" (what in the hell is that anyway, who goes through a "fast track" PhD???) so they know anything about everything or something.... and yet the...

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 packs the book with a lot of interesting details from which he extrapolates some of the more "fantastic" plot devices. Think "Tom Clancy" meets "Fringe" with a dash of "Indiana Jones" and you will hav...

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 newbie, Kat. It comes complete with an opening action sequence that introduces the two antagonists. When a cathedral in Cologne is assaulted by a crew using strange technology that leaves all present bu...

Great book! I love James Rollins. He's like a cross between Tom Clancy and Micheal Crichton. Right up my Star Trek/Indiana Jones alley!! I highly recommend his books to anyone who loves any of the aforementioned authors or movies. Basically anyone who is a geek like I am.

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 Map of Bones, most of the previous book is referred to in passing and is more helpful to having a believable world than anything. Not that the world of Sigma Force is all that believeable, well some ...