Black Order: A SIGMA Force Novel -- James Rollins

<p><strong>In this electrifying thriller from #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author James Rollins, Sigma Force races to crack ultimate mystery of the origin of life--a quest that will save mankind . . . or destroy it</strong></p><p>In Copenhagen, a suspicious bookstore fire propels Commander Gray Pierce on a relentless hunt across four continents - and into a terrifying mystery surrounding horrific experiments once performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Poland.</p><p>In the mountains of Nepal, in a remote monastery, Buddhist monks inexplicably turn to cannibalism and torture - while Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force, begins to show signs of the same baffling, mind-destroying malady...and Lisa Cummings, a dedicated American doctor, becomes the target of a brutal, clandestine assassin.</p><p>Now only Gray Pierce and Sigma Force can save a world suddenly in terrible jeopardy. Because a new order is on the rise - an annihilating nightmare growing at the heart of the greatest mystery of all: the origin of life.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> James Rollins<br><b>Publisher:</b> William Morrow Large Print<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/2007<br><b>Pages:</b> 704<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 2.10lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.18h x 6.20w x 1.61d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780061120831<br><b>Large Print</b><br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.1<br><b>Point Value:</b> 20<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Qu