{"product_id":"kingdom-of-bones-a-thriller-9780062892980","title":"Kingdom of Bones: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFrom #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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins in Africa . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them--plants and animals--has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle -- known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones --and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommander 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 to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent--a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed . . . sooner than we know. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mother Nature--red in tooth and claw--is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062892980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2022 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James Rollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41635563634869,"sku":"9780062892980","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3cfea0b3-992b-48c3-8ee4-f5af1118eee2.jpg?v=1645502733","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kingdom-of-bones-a-thriller-9780062892980","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}