by James RollinsWhen parishioners are burned to death in a German cathedral, the U.S. sends in the SIGMA force. The team discovers someone has stolen the priceless treasure stored in the cathedral's golden reliquary: the bones of the biblical Magi.
This is an intense, mystery/thriller adventure similar in style to Dan Brown's books. I read it for the themed reading challenge - my theme being books with the word bone/bones in the title. It's a page-turner, very interesting and a fun read. I will be looking forward to more books written by Rollins.
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Ooh... Map of Bones. Do read the entire "Sigma Force" series, preferably from start (though the sequence doesn't matter much). It is really good, especially the end of books.
Amey, I didn't realize this was part of a series. Thanks for letting me know. I'm off to find a list of the books in order.
How did the bones of the Magi get to Germany? Just wondering. It sounds like a good book and series. Dang, my TBR list is getting out of control.
Framed, you do know that the magi took 2 or 3 years to find the Christ child - maybe they went by way of Germany! I'm just teasing. I think the Catholic church just relegates its reliquaries to different cathedrals, but I really don't know.
I'm such an easy mark for books like this! And and entire series of which I was unaware...must check into that.
Ways the bones could have ened up in Germany: The priests swapped reliquaries. Lost them in a bad bet. Stolen by looters/Crusaders/Templars/Zealots.
YeS, I should be working and not babbling on your blog. That book looks good! Too bad I didn't see it before I ran to the library.
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