{"product_id":"the-last-oracle-a-sigma-force-novel-9780061562686","title":"The Last Oracle: A SIGMA Force Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this superb thriller from #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author James Rollins, Sigma Force must battle a group of rogue scientists who have unleashed a diabolical project that could bring about the extinction of mankind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalvation . . . or annihilation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if scientists could bio-engineer the next great world prophet--the next Buddha, Mohammed, or even Jesus? Would it mark the Second Coming or initiate a chain reaction leading to the end of mankind?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormed during the Cold War, a think tank of world scientists known as the JASONS have discovered a way to manipulate and enhance autistic children who show savant talents--mathematical geniuses, statistical masterminds, brilliant conceptual artists. Yet among their young patients a strange side-effect begins to arise. Before it can be analyzed fully, a rogue group of the JASONS begins their own secret experimentation with a cadre of the best children. Their goal, to create a world prophet for the new millennium, one who can be manipulated to create a new era of global peace . . . a peace on their own terms, that is. But such manipulation has grim consequences as a biological meltdown among the children begins to occur--turning the innocent into something far more frightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo stop the JASONS before they engineer the extinction of mankind, Commander Gray Pierce of SIGMA Force races against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history--the Greek Oracle of Delphi. But can the past save the future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061562686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.04w x 1.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 570\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James Rollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838654808245,"sku":"9780061562686","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5aa45bbe-af43-498a-a388-ba6c37166677.jpg?v=1712026756","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-oracle-a-sigma-force-novel-9780061562686","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}