Book Review Spotlight: James Rollins The Doomsday Key
An amazing and brilliant technothriller that might be Rollins best to date.
-- Library Journal, 6/25/2009 12:39:00 PM
. Rollins, James. The Doomsday Key. Morrow. Jul. 2009. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-06-123140-7. $27.99. F
Rollins's (The Last Oracle) prose explodes off the page in a twisty and compelling thriller that explores the issues of human overpopulation and genetically modified food. The Sigma Force must unravel the mysterious deaths of a geneticist, a senator's son working for the Red Cross in Africa, and someone with close ties to the Vatican. Gray Pierce and his team follow the clues starting from Rome, while Sigma leader Painter Crowe takes his group to meet with the head of a corporation that appears to be genetically modifying food. VERDICT Swashbuckling adventure, elite team effort, and religious symbology all add up to another gripping and terrifying read. Rollins somehow juggles all of these elements and incorporates them into an amazing and brilliant technothriller that might be his best to date.—Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L.
