Week 16 Review: Kingdom of Bones

From Goodreads:

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.

It begins in Africa . . .

 A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, cattle-like state. The natural world surrounding them—plants and animals—have grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading across the African continent, threatening the rest of the world. But is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it?

What has made the biosphere run amok? Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe—vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development—or know how to stop it. As they race across the nation and around the globe—from Washington D.C. to the densest jungles of Africa—to find answers, the members of Sigma realize they have become prey. 

To head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force risks their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of a biosphere run amok—a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed . . . sooner than we know. 

Mother Nature—red in tooth and claw—is turning against humankind, plummeting the entire world into The Savage Zone.

My Review:
Oh, we finally have this book! It's been 2 years since the last full length book was published, but I do understand why it was pushed back, given that it does deal with viruses, and with the pandemic, well, it's understandable. And pretty scary, given what we learn in this book!

This book kicks off with a bang, and a pretty creepy one-with bugs that you can't feel their bite, and they have very sharp pincers. So that's pretty terrifying. But to find out what's going on, that's even bigger, and scarier! 

The science and the history in this book of course come together for another amazing story! The science in particular, the idea that humanity is still being worked upon by viruses, boggles the mind! I just couldn't put this story down! 

Yeah, we get more Tucker and Kane! I love the duo, and I loved-and was hurt by-the role that they played in this book! It's been a while since we've seen them, besides that short story in Unrestricted Access that I still don't know what to think about. It was so great to see them again!

This was another really great read, and I can't wait for the next!

Author: James Rollins
Series: Sigma Force #16
Read: April 19th, 2022
Source: Bought 
Reason Why: Love his writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: April 19th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars