Name: Sandstorm
ISBN: 9780060580674

James Rollins

Sandstorm

Ryan Mateyk

I love James Rollins and the SIGMA series is one of my favourite series (I've read 7? of the other books). Yet I had never read this first book, Sandstorm, aaand it was honestly probably the worst one I've read in the series. 

All the books are a little far-fetched, yet I find that they are rooted in scientific fact and provide plenty of action within the pages. But this book was a bit much for me... (view spoiler)[the magical parthenogenetic tribe??? Not to mention the melodrama between Omaha and Safia in the midst of the shitstorm at the end (hide spoiler)] Having said that, I did still enjoy reading it because I still love the mix of complex science, (relatively) obscure historical details and action/adventure all into one.

I enjoyed this book. The story was good and the action sections were well written. I liked the characters in this story and while they fit some of the stereotypes for there jobs or roles they were still good characters.
The author does a good job of keeping the story moving forward and it reads pretty quick. So if your looking for something fun that is a quick read pick this up.

Cassidy

The beginning was really hard to get into, but the last few hundred pages were amazing!

Aditi Dankar

'Rollins is what you might end up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together' New York Times An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum - and sets off alarms in clandestine organisations around the world... Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. And her search for answers is about to lead her into a world she never imagined existed: a lost city, buried beneath the Arabian desert, where something astonishing is waiting... A covert government operative hunting down a traitor is being drawn there. But at the end of a perilous journey lies an ageless power that can create a utopia - or tear down everything humankind has built over millennia of civilisation... 'A non-stop thrill-a-minute ride' Tess Gerritsen