Lorna, Jack, and a team made up of special border patrols and Jack's brothers and friends, track the escaped animal and its cub. More disturbing is the fact that the most dangerous of these seems to have escaped. a vet, Lorna gets called by a man she knows from her past, to help with a situation involving a beached trawler with some very unusual creatures on board. Just the other day, my son, who's in his second year of university, said, 'Mom, have you ever heard of fractals.' Yup, as a matter of fact I have! :-)So. I love the science behind what he writes. When I read Rollins, it's always a case of wanting to read slowly so the book isn't finished too quickly and wanting to devour it fast cause it's just that good. I REALLY appreciate a book that has solid bites of reality - enough to make you believe that what you're reading really could happen.

I LOVE almost everything James Rollins writes. let me be up front about things before I write this review. Together, the two must hunt for a beast that escaped the shipwreck while uncovering a mystery tied to fractal science and genetic engineering, all to expose a horrifying secret that traces back to humankind's earliest roots.īut can Lorna stop what is about to be born upon the altar of Eden before it threatens not only the world but also the very foundation of what it means to be human? Read more

To uncover the truth about the origin of this strange cargo and the terrorist threat it poses, Lorna must team up with a man who shares a dark and bloody past with her and is now an agent with the U.S. They also all share one uncanny trait-a disturbingly heightened intelligence. Yet, something is wrong with these beasts, disturbing deformities that make no sense: a parrot with no feathers, a pair of Capuchin monkeys conjoined at the hip, a jaguar cub with the dentition of a saber-toothed tiger. The crew is missing or dead, but the boat holds a frightening cargo: a caged group of exotic animals, clearly part of a black market smuggling ring.

Seven years later, Louisiana state veterinarian Lorna Polk stumbles upon a fishing trawler shipwrecked on a barrier island. Amid a hail of bullets, a concealed underground weapons lab is ransacked-and something even more horrific is set free. The floodgates have been opened for the smuggling of hundreds of exotic birds, mammals, and reptiles to Western nations, but this crime hides a deeper secret. “Every James Rollins delivers mach-speed mayhem, throat-clutching suspense, high-style adventure, and a terrific story told terrifically.” -Steve Berry, author of The Warsaw ProtocolĬombining science, history, and breakneck suspense-and a secret tied to the Book of Genesis- Altar of Eden is sure to satisfy every James Rollins fan while winning over a slew of new converts.įollowing the fall of Baghdad, two Iraqi boys stumble upon armed men looting the city zoo.

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