内容简介
DeepintheRockyMountains,agruesomediscovery——hundredsofmummifiedbodies—stirinternationalattentionandferventcontroversy.Despitedoubtstothebodies’origins,thelocalNativeAmericanHeritageCommissionlaysclaimtotheprehistoricremains,alongwiththestrangeartifactsfoundinthesamecavern:goldplatesinscribedwithanunfathomablescript.Duringariotatthedigsite,ananthropologistdieshorribly.AllevidencepointstoaradicalgroupofNativeAmericans,includingoneagitatorwhoescapeswithavitalcluetothemurderandcallsontheonepersonwhomighthelp—heruncle,PainterCrowe,directorofSigmaForce.Toprotecthisnieceanduncoverthetruth,Painterwilligniteawaracrossthenation’smostpowerfulintelligenceagencies.Yet,anevengreaterthreatloomsaseventsintheRockyMountainshavesetinmotionageologicalmeltdownthatthreatenstheentirewesternhalfoftheU.S.FromthevolcanicpeaksofIcelandtotheblisteringdesertsoftheAmericanSouthwest,fromthegoldvaultsofFortKnoxtothebubblinggeysersofYellowstone,PainterCrowejoinsforceswithcommanderGrayPiercetopenetratetheshadowyheartofadarkcabal,onethathasbeenmanipulatingAmericanhistorysincethefoundingofthethirteencolonies.Butcanhediscoverthetruthbeforeitdestroysallheholdsdear?
作者简介
JAMESROLLINSistheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofinternationalthrillers,translatedintomorethanfortylanguages.HisSigmaserieshasbeenlaudedasoneofthe"topcrowdpleasers"(NewYorkTimes)andoneofthe"hottestsummerreads"(PeopleMagazine).Ineachnovel,acclaimedforitsoriginality,Rollinsunveilsunseenworlds,scientificbreakthroughs,andhistoricalsecrets——andhedoesitallatbreakneckspeedandwithstunninginsight.