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The Demon Crown: A Sigma Force Novel (Sigma Force, 13) Hardcover – December 5, 2017

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“Bone-chilling.” –Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“One of the best in the series.” –Booklist (Starred Review)

To save mankind’s future, the members of Sigma Force must make a devil’s bargain as they join forces with their most hated enemy to stop an ancient threat in this gripping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins.

Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed, and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one: an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University.

Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying secret buried a century ago beneath the National Mall: a cache of bones preserved in amber. The artifact was hidden away by a cabal of scientists—led by Alexander Graham Bell—to protect humankind. But they dared not destroy it, for the object also holds an astonishing promise for the future: the very secret of life after death.

Yet nothing stays buried forever. An ancient horror— dormant in the marrow of those preserved bones—is free once more, nursed and developed into a weapon of incalculable strength and malignancy, ready to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting world.

To stop its spread, Commander Grayson Pierce of Sigma Force must survive a direct attack on the island of Maui. To be there first has always been the core mission of Sigma Force, a covert team forged to be America’s front line against emerging threats. But this time, even Sigma may not be able to decipher the deadly mystery, one that traces back to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution.

With each new discovery, the menace they hunt is changing, growing, spreading—adapting and surviving every attempt to stop it from reconquering a world it once ruled. And each transformation makes it stronger . . . and smarter.

Running out of time and options, Commander Grayson Pierce will be forced to make an impossible choice. To eradicate this extinction-level threat and expose those involved, he will have to join forces with Sigma’s greatest enemy—the newly resurrected Guild—even it if means sacrificing one of his own.

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Praise for The Demon Crown: “Bone-chilling.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Praise for The Seventh Plague: “Fascinating research, beautifully told ... a riveting read.” — Wilbur Smith

“Bestseller Rollins’s epic...features exotic locales, heroic quests, quixotic villains, action galore, and enough science and scientific curiosities to titillate even casual readers....Rollins’s characters are as large as his landscape in this vast and vastly entertaining thriller saga.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“When it comes to the blending of action, adventure, history, and science, there is no other author who does it better than Rollins. Fans of Clive Cussler, Steve Berry, and Michael Crichton should already have Rollins on their mandatory reading list.” — Booklist (starred review)

“Rollins’ latest Sigma Force novel is one of the best in the series....The mix of science, history, and high-concept adventure is always first-rate in a Rollins novel....Devotees of Clive Cussler and Steve Berry are no doubt reading Rollins already, but if they’re not, what’s keeping them?” — Booklist (starred review)

“James Rollins has written a slew of pulse-pounding, wildly imaginative thrillers. But he tops himself, and everybody else, in The Seventh Plague, a book that exemplifies everything great storytelling is supposed to be.” — Providence Journal

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About James Rollins

JAMES ROLLINS is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. Known for unveiling unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets, Rollins' knack for breakneck pacing and stunning originality has been hailed by critics and embraced by scores of millions of readers around the world.

The Critics Rave

The New York Times says that his "roguish charm comes from his efforts to persuade readers the story is credible [through] real-life sources for his novel's science, history and geography." Rollins' rare blend of action, suspense, and knowledge was also mentioned by the Huffington Post, which stated that "After Crichton passed away in 2008 he clearly passed the baton to James Rollins, who like Crichton, is a renaissance man."

NPR calls his work "adventurous and enormously engrossing..." and the New York Journal of Books had this to say: "If you're a fan of smart, entertaining adventure fiction, this is your summer beach read writ large....All the science, all the history, and all the locations are masterfully intertwined. The characters are multi-dimensional. And the story is, well, a corker."

The Story Teller's Story

As a boy immersed in the scientific adventures of Doc Savage, the wonders of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, and pulps such as The Shadow, The Spider, and The Avenger, James Rollins decided he wanted to be a writer. He honed his storytelling skills early, spinning elaborate tales that were often at the heart of pranks played on his brothers and sisters.

Before he would set heroes and villains on harrowing adventures, Rollins embarked on a career in veterinary medicine, graduating from the University of Missouri and establishing a successful veterinary practice. This hands-on knowledge of medicine and science helps shape the research and scientific speculation that set James Rollins books apart.

Explosive Page-Turning Adventures

The exotic locales of James Rollins novels have emerged as a hybrid between imagination, research, and his extensive travels throughout the United States and Europe, as well as New Zealand, the South Pacific, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, and South America. Recent jaunts include book tours and stops across the country and several European nations to give talks, seminars, and media interviews.In recent years, much of James' travel has involved meeting readers in small and large groups, at writing and fan conferences, and even aboard seagoing "seminars." James' mentoring and coaching skills have made him a sought after writing instructor and guest speaker for workshops, symposia, conventions, and other forums throughout the country.

James Rollins is the author of nine thrillers in the bestselling Sigma Force series (Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Devil Colony, Bloodline, and The Eye of God); six individual adventure thrillers; and the Jake Ransom middle grade series (Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow, Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx.)

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow; First Edition (December 5, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062381733
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062381736
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.41 x 9 inches
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James Rollins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers. His writing has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold more than 20 million books. The New York Times says, “Rollins is what you might wind up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together.” NPR calls his work, “Adventurous and enormously engrossing.” Rollins unveils unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets matched with stunning suspense. As a veterinarian, he had a practice in Sacramento for over a decade and still volunteers at local shelters. Nowadays, Rollins shares his home up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with two furry companions, Echo and Charlie. He also enjoys scuba diving, spelunking, kayaking, and hiking. Of course, he loves to travel and experience new places around the world, which often inspire his next globe-trotting adventure.

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Joseph Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the Sigma series !!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2017
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The Demon Crown by James Rollins is a very highly recommended terrifying, horrifying thrill ride of action and adventure! This is a smart, excellent new addition to the Sigma Force series.

Professor Ken Matsui, an entomologist who specializes in venomous creatures, is the lone survivor of an attack on an island off the coast of Brazil. What he discovers there is a frightening foe that hasn't been seen alive for millions of years.

Surprisingly, the threat was first known by James Smithson, the man who founded the Smithsonian Institution. A secret vault under the National Mall holds the artifact first collected by Smithson and buried with him. Alexander Graham Bell led a team to recover the artifact and hide it to protect humankind. The artifact is the bones of a small dinosaur preserved in amber - Smithson called it the Demon Crown. They cannot destroy it as it is said to hold the very secret of life after death. Additionally, Smithson’s diary contains the warning that "what the Demon Crown holds is very much alive... and ready to unleash the very hordes of Hell upon this world."

When the large chunk of amber is stolen, the secret it contains is unleashed as a dreadful, horrifying weapon with an unimaginable strength to wipe out life as we know it. When the menace is unleashed on the islands of Hawaii, the Sigma Force must survive it and try to stop the maniac behind the abominable attack before the threat expands to cover the Earth.

The Demon Crown is one of the stronger additions to the Sigma Force novels and it will hold your attention in a vise-like grip for the whole novel.

The novel presents us with a terrifying, repellent, menacing horde. Rollin's cautions in the opening Notes From the Scientific Record that we are living in the Age of Insects and "some insect will kill one person out of sixty every year." It could be possible that insects contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Unless you want to be scared half to death, those with spheksophobia, apiphobia, or melissophobia need to be warned to avoid this book.

As expected, the writing is excellent, the plot intelligent, and the action is non-stop and fast-paced. This would be the perfect selection for reading during a vacation when staying up late reading "just-one-more-chapter" might not matter as much - because you will lose sleep when reading The Demon Crown. All the team members are back for long time fans of the series. There is also an unexpected alliance that must form to save the world. There are chapters written from the view of the menacing foe that are truly frightening.

As many of us who are fans of Rollins expect, at the end of the novel there is a whole section on Truth or Fiction. I love that Rollins includes these notes and I appreciate the work and research he does when writing his novels. I know many of us like the fact that Rollins treats his readers with respect and a nod to their intelligence and ability to comprehend a complex plot based on facts and science. I`m looking forward to the next book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love his Sigma series
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
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For me his Sigma series is his best work. The way he blends history, government agencies, and folklore is very captivating.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fasten Your Seatbelts
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2018
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Recently a friend asked whether I have read any of the 19 Sigma Force novels by James Rollins and the answer was no. Not sure why not considering author Rollins is a #1 New York Times Best Selling Author. Perhaps because this reader is busy enough with his extended group of favored authors, that there was no interest is starting with someone new. Still, there was that curiosity of discovery, so author Rollins latest “The Demon Crown” was obtained.

The Sigma Force is an elite unit of the US Defense Department whose body consists of former Special Forces officers trained in multiple scientific fields and are used in national and international emergencies. When Hawaii is attacked by swarms of wasps, the Sigma Force responds. These are not normal wasps, but ancient wasps who have been dormant, but now brought back to life. When they attack humans and animals the sting will inject their larva, which will eventually move into the bone marrow and thus eating the person or animal from the inside. Ugh.

A sinister Japanese corporate executive, who was involved with the covert biological and chemical warfare on Chinese during WWII, wants to regain the Imperial Japan of the past and has the means to do so, unless he can be stopped. The Sigma Force only has three days to solve this problem, and thus the rollercoaster ride of a story takes off.

Rollins uses a combination of historical fact, a strong dosage of science, a lively sense of imagination and some just too crazy situations to be believed. Still it was a lot of fun reading and perhaps learned more about wasps than I cared to know. The writing is similar to that of Steve Berry only with a stronger focus on science.

Typically, when this reads a novel for the first time, and really enjoys it, he makes purchase of the all the authors earlier novels. Perhaps that will eventually happen with the Rollins novels, although for now it will be one book at a time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it!
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017
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I just finished THE DEMON CROWN by James Rollins, and as usual he had me up way past my bedtime reading. In this installment of the Sigma Force series, Rollins raises the stakes not just for the survival of mankind but for the Sigma Force team, especially for Gray and Seichan.

I enjoy how Rollins blends history, technology, and science to create a thrilling read that not only entertains but teaches as well. In this book, Rollins creates an ancient and terrifying threat that has been buried a century ago beneath the National Mall. When it is unleashed, it may wipe out not only mankind but most of life on Earth. I don’t want to give away the nature of this threat but it’s a menace that is an efficient hunter, adaptable, spreads easily, strong, smart, and once it has its prey there is no chance of survival. Deadly is the perfect word to describe them. I will admit I found the chapters explaining the “threat” fascinating and more fun to read than the action scenes. Rollins always makes a teaching subject fun to read—and creepy. Besides a dangerous and unstoppable enemy, we see more of Seichan and Gray’s relationship and discover something that change it even more. Old enemies return as well for vengeance, complicating matters even more.

THE DEMON CROWN is an intense, action packed thriller where the Sigma Force raises against ticking time clock to stop an ancient species from reconquering the world they once ruled. It was a fun read and great addition to the Sigma Force series.
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Chuck Case
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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This is one of the best Sigma books James Rollins has written, in my opinion. It is full of fascinating places and very very creepy wasps. You can almost feel them crawling on you. Don't read it in bed.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
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Book content is a solid 10; sleeve came scratched and torn.
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Salvador Bermudez
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buen libro
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5.0 out of 5 stars Catches you in its mandibles, and then...!
Reviewed in India on April 20, 2020
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Absolutely loved this one!
Yes, this book also follows the formula seemingly perfected by Rollins, which involves the following steps:
1. Events in distant past get buried metaphorically as well as physically.
2. Events in near past threaten to unearth them, but ends with tantalizing possibilities.
3. In the present, some nefarious entity (earlier the Guild, then some loose canons, now again Guild) seeks to exploit those possibilities into earth-shattering stuff.
4. Sigma to the rescue, with death of some valued personnel, betrayal by someone— who would invariably perish later, and some open threads.
5. Temporary closure.
But in this book we finally encounter one of the deadliest and most remorseless enemies that Sigma, mankind, or any other terrestrial entity have ever faced.
Want to know about them? Read the book.
It's what a techno-thriller should be.
Highly recommended.
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Iwona
5.0 out of 5 stars Here comes another great thriller by James Rollins!
Reviewed in Canada on May 12, 2018
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And here comes another great thriller by James Rollins!
To read this book is a real treat and adventure.
You must respect the authors care in plotting a great intrigue with catastrophic consequences if successful, creating multifaceted characters and putting us on a roller coaster of emotions.
The main premise of the story is that nature always finds a way to preserve life, even if the surviving form of life is abominable from our point of view.
The idea of life being so resilient would be very encouraging if it weren't for the particular "survivor" presented in the book.
The level of danger to the very life on Earth presented by the organism makes the present dangers of our reality look much less threatening by comparison.
I admire the extensive research the author must have done. It makes the book so much richer and better than just a thriller.
I felt respected as a reader to be treated seriously.
James Rollins never disappoints his readers.
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Arno Gündisch
5.0 out of 5 stars Bernstein und Apokalypse
Reviewed in Germany on December 12, 2017
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Was hinterließ der berühmte britische Geologe James Smithson (Namensgeber des berühmten Smithsonian Instituts in Washington) der Nachwelt? Und warum war der amerikanische Erfinder und Gelehrte Alexander Graham Bell 1903 so begierig, Smithsons Grab in Italien zu finden und seine Gebeine in die USA zu bringen? War es nur eine Geste der Dankbarkeit gegenüber dem großen Wissenschaftler-oder steckte mehr dahinter?
Was wurde 1944 aus dem Smithsonian Institut gestohlen? Und warum wurde Smithsons Hinterlassenschaft zu einem Großteil bereits durch eine Brandstiftung anno 1865 vernichtet?
Die Antworten auf diese Fragen weisen tief in die Vergangenheit der Erde und könnten z.B. den wahren Grund für das Aussterben der Dinosaurier angeben. Andererseits schlägt sich Sigma in der Gegenwart mit einer Bedrohung herum, wie es sie noch nie gegeben hat-ausgelöst durch einen alten Feind, der für eine Weile ein Schattendasein führte, jetzt aber wieder zurück ist. Des Rätsels Lösung, um den drohenden Untergang der Menschheit aufzuhalten (weniger geht bei Rollins nicht) liegt ausgerechnet im Bernstein begraben...
Somit ist der Bernstein und sein Geheimnis einer der Hauptcharaktere des Thrillers, neben der smarten Killerin Seichan, die dieses Mal bis an das Äußerste ihrer Kräfte gehen muss, um neben der Welt auch ihre Liebsten zu retten. Auch der scheinbar unzerstörbare Hüne Kowalski kriegt es mit einem Feind zu tun, den er sich so nie vorgestellt hätte.
"The Demon Crown" ist der bis dato düsterste Roman von James Rollins , den ich allen Freunden des anspruchsvollen Thrillers uneingeschränkt empfehlen kann. Nachher sieht man manches mit anderen Augen...
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5.0 out of 5 stars If u was english
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2018
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Excellent story of the Sigma crew 😁shame ur a sherman tank ,u wouold make an excelent englishman
The story is bluddy brilliant with human touches and heros and heroines,although i would like more painter crow involvement who got me into the Sigma stories ,great respect for the founders and experience of the teams that keep our world safe we only get one chance use it wisely 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤪
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