The Last Oracle

James Rollins is my FAVORITE author!!! I love his books, and just when I’ve declared my love for the last book read, I read a new one and fall hard again! This story is part of the Sigma Force series and it just grabs you and holds you until the end. So be forewarned ~ get your stuff done before reading this book, because once you begin, you won’t care about anything else until you’ve finished. It’s hard to tear away from book! I won’t spoil anything in this review, but let me just say that one of the things I love about Mr. Rollins books is that afterwards he separates fact from fiction and it’s VERY hard not to read it first, but I remain good and read story first! Let’s just say that after reading story and then the “Fact from Fiction” part ~ I was gobsmacked! So much so in fact that I made this an extra credit book for my homeschooling kid to read too! Great work Mr. Rollins!

Sigma Force novels are formulaic, but the formula works: ancient history, new mystery, deadly enemy. James Rollins is a great storyteller and I love his books. You can easily get attached to the characters. In this book, I found myself crying near the end (yeah, I know, silly huh!) but the characters – autistic children – touched my heart. In this book, the children have been augmented to allow the enemy to tap into their greatest talent. The story has you sitting on the edge of your seat and you find yourself rooting for the children, who to me are the heroes in this book. Yeah, Sigma Force was there, but the kids – awesome! One of the better in the Sigma Force series.

Well Dave, if you loved this book so much, why did it take over two years to finish reading it? In two words: Kindle Keyboard. I was at the 100 page mark (still had the bookmark in place) in this 533 page thriller back in 2010, when I bought my Kindle Keyboard. After I got hooked on my Kindle I had a hard time returning to paperbacks/hardbacks. At first most of Rollins books were higher priced, and since I already had the book, I just could not see double dipping. But then I read a post where someone just finished reading

Ice Hunt

and they loved it. Well, I read Ice Hunt years ago and I clicked on the link and saw it was only $3.99 and that led me to The Last Oracle, which was only $3.99 as well. That did it! I jumped at the chance to get back into the world of SIGMA force. Over the top action? Yes there was! And I loved it! I certainly plan to pick up the next adventure in Kindle format real soon (

The Doomsday Key: A Sigma Force Novel

). At $3.99 I just cannot pass them by or wait any longer. It feels good to be home again with SIGMA Force. Now, if only the Brad Thor e-books would go to $3.99.

I’m addicted to this series, as the writing is so solid. Yes, it does get a bit formulaic in the sense that you know that in any given situation something will happen that will ALWAYS present bigger issues (yet who can resist this?). What saves this from being too much to take in is that the quality research into real-life scenarios makes all the fiction entirely believable. Rollins has a lifetime fan in me.

Not often that I read a fictional book and actually learn something in the process. Goes without saying that Rollins writes fast paced action adventure stories and this one will not disappoint. I highly rate it as a page turner that I personally found hard to put down. Rollins often incorporates bits of science and history into his stories. But what really surprised me about this book was the volume incorporated regarding the field of autism study, the ancient Greek oracles, their relation to northern India, and the modern day gypsy. Throw in the Soviet legacy of their horrific handling of mining for their nuclear programs, the large swaths of contamination left behind in addition to Chernobyl, and you have more factual information than any fictional book I have read. If you are into this genre, and not interested in character development, I highly recommend this tale.

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