Customer Reviews:
 A great read as usual May 9, 2008
Annette Bechamp (Ontario Canada)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
James Rollins remains at the top of his game in his newest thriller, The Last Oracle. Extracting events from history and melding the subject with cutting-edge technology, his newest books' theme is a connection between the Delphi Oracle, autistic savants, genetic engineering and politics.
The Sigma team (a secret U.S. defense agency appearing in many of Rollins' previous books) has returned, to investigate a trail of seemingly non-related incidents including a murdered radioactive man, a kidnapped autistic child and a stolen Greek coin from the site of the Delphi. Dodging assassins as they travel from India to Chernobyl, the team learn that a specific line of children have been kidnapped and genetically modified to enhance and exploit their special abilities. While at home, Sigma medical staff fights to save the life of a child while dealing with a threat inside their government; including the possibility of some rogue threads in Sigma. All roads lead back to the ancient site of Delphi, and the Sigma team must connect all the pieces in order to once again save the world from a global threat.
It's all here - the standard thriller fare of cliffhanging chapters, action, bad guys, and threat against mankind. Over the years however, James Rollins has evolved his thrillers into something more, concentrating on building dimensions into his characters, villains as well. There were some genuinely touching moments in the book which makes it more of a well rounded read than most thrillers. The Last Oracle can be thematically read as a standalone, but for the sake of character evolution, you may want to start at the beginning of the series: Sandstorm. However, don't stop there. Buy all Rollins' books, beginning with Subterranean - his first book, and the one that got me hooked on this author.
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