James Rollins The Devil's Colony

Consider this: 14 arrows in a bundle, nanotubes, Indians, Lewis & Clark, Sigma Force, Thomas Jefferson, 5 guys in a painting that aren’t supposed to be there, Ben Franklin, a buffalo hide, Jewish settlers and Mormons. What are you going to do with all? Hunh? I mean seriously! Well that is exactly what James Rollins has inside this novel plus a lot more.If you want to hear him talk about it as an added bonus , go to the archives of The G-ZONE, my blogtalk radio show, from Monday and listen in. Jeff Mudgett was my guest on the show also. He was discussing Jack the Ripper. Here is the link:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2011/07/18/jeff-mudgett-a...

Here is the synopsis of the novel:

“Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a gruesome discovery — hundreds of mummified bodies — stir international attention and fervent controversy. Despite doubts to the bodies’ origins, the local Native American Heritage Commission lays claim to the prehistoric remains, along with the strange artifacts found in the same cavern: gold plates inscribed with an unfathomable script.

During a riot at the dig site, an anthropologist dies horribly: burned to ash in a fiery explosion in plain view of television cameras. All evidence points to a radical group of Native Americans, including one agitator, a teenage firebrand who escapes with a vital clue to the murder and calls on the one person who might help: her uncle, Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force.

To protect his niece and uncover the truth, Painter will ignite a war across the nation’s most powerful intelligence agencies. Yet, an even greater threat looms as events in the Rocky Mountains have set in motion a frightening chain reaction, a geological meltdown that threatens the entire western half of the U.S.

From the volcanic peaks of Iceland to the blistering deserts of the American Southwest, from the gold vaults of Fort Knox to the bubbling geysers of Yellowstone, Painter Crowe joins forces with Commander Gray Pierce to penetrate the shadowy heart of a dark cabal, one that has been manipulating American history since the founding of the thirteen colonies.

But can he discover the truth — one that could topple governments — before it destroys all he holds dear? “

James Rollins expanded my brain and made hypothesis that I thought were unbelievable. But, and I need to add this, if you read past the end of the novel, he has some added bonus material and it does explain what is fact and what is not. My brain still hurts. Amazing stuff in this novel: a fiction/non –fiction novel that also gives a new history lesson/science lesson/kick-a@# action story. The pages were flying through my fingers, they wouldn’t stop turning themselves. If I read it on my Kindle it may have caught fire or I would have busted the next page button. I am a Sigma Force and I thoroughly enjoy the way that James Rollins weaves the science and history throughout the piece. This is a novel that needs to get into your hands. Please treat yourself to the interview also. Listening to Jeff Mudgett and James discuss their individual writing processes is well worth the time.