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The Last Oracle: A Novel (Hardcover)

by James Rollins (Author)

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Hardcover: 434 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (Jun 24 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061230944
ISBN-13: 978-0061230943
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 3 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #71,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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At the start of bestseller Rollins's rousing fifth Sigma Force novel (after The Judas Strain), the group's leader, Cmdr. Gray Pierce, encounters a homeless man as he's crossing the Mall in Washington, D.C., near Sigma Force's secret lair far beneath the Smithsonian Castle. The man, who's really an MIT neurology professor, collapses in Pierce's arms and dies after passing him a strange coin, thus kicking off a far-flung adventure whose plot threads include the Oracle of Delphi, autistic savant children with strange implants behind their ears, Gypsies, power-mad Russians bent on unleashing enough radioactivity to poison the world, rogue American spy agencies and genetically enhanced wolves and tigers. Lots of absorbing scientific information and tantalizing sentences like With two rifles strapped to his back and a boy and a chimpanzee in tow, Monk marched down the pitch-black tunnel keep the pages flying by. 10-city author tour. (July)
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"Once again, the action is nonstop." (Sacramento Bee )

"Lots of absorbing scientific information and tantalizing sentences." (Publishers Weekly )

"The perfect escape novel, an edge of-your-seat read." (Knoxville News-Sentinel )

"Rollins combines real-world science with high-octane action to create rousing stories of adventure that are as exciting as any movie." (Chicago Sun-Times )

"Rollins has outdone himself with this fabulous mix of history, science, and adventure that will easily increase his growing number of fans." (Library Journal )

"Go out and buy James Rollins's latest saga. He just keeps getting better and better." (The Barnstable Patriot )

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2.0 out of 5 stars Better Options elsewhere, Dec 6 2009

By	Ron H "Ron H" (Oakville, Ontario) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Last Oracle (Mass Market Paperback)

This was my first Rollins book and I will read other authors before returning to any of his other works. This book was a middle of the road action adventure that screamed in the background "hope someone buys this for a movie script". I pecked away at this book over a couple weeks to see if something would grab me so I would buy other titles but nothing did... My main objections below;

*Lack of character development. In the end I really had no attachment positive or negative to any of the key figures.

*Story was poorly constructed and hard to follow, he has 3-4 parallel stories that he wants to bring together at the end. For the reader however he doesn't construct it so that it is easily followed. Hence, you have 2-4 characters in each parallel story and he is skipping back every chapter which makes the story cumbersome and not easy to follow. I think a good editor could have fixed a lot of this.

*There are a lot of pages not advancing the story but rather writing chase scene after chase scene that seemed contrived. So you are skipping from this guy being chased in canoe trailed by two bad guys.... Jump to another story where bad guys are chasing another group in caves, jump to another parallel story where people are chasing people in a secret building.... After a while that became very repetitive and I just wanted to get the end game instead of page after page of chase scene.

*His interesting hook was around the Oracle of Delphi, some symbols and a genealogy heritage from Delphi that brings ancestors to present day with some extraordinary powers. I thought he cheapened this concept significantly. Unlike a Dan Brown or a Michael Crichton who would really bring the reader into a thesis and using the University professor to unlock fun and interesting learnings for the reader Rollin's basically writes 30 pages of people chasing and a page about the hook. He never really builds on that hook drawing the reader into what could be an interesting plotline, instead he basically leaves it as they have 'special power' because they are from that bloodline and people chase them trying to kill or capture them. Great formula if you want to write the same book over and over.

That being said if you are sitting on a beach and want a light book that you pick up occasionally and read a few pages this could work, I was disappointed because I thought the potential was there for a much better read.

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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read as usual, May 9 2008

By	Annette Bechamp (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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4.0 out of 5 stars A quick and entertaining read, Aug 20 2009

By	Readalot (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Oracle (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a typical Rollins book: a fast paced thriller that takes place over a very short timeline combining history and technology with a bit of mythical mystery. He seems to pretty much use the same template for these Sigma stories.

Cookie cutter or not, I always enjoy his books, particularly the Sigma team ones, and find them extremely entertaining. The concepts are quite interesting and this is certainly the case with The Last Oracle. That said, what more can one want from a fictional thriller?

I have to say (and I've heard other people say this), my favorite thing about his books is reading the summary of facts at the end where he outlines the fact from fiction. Some of this stuff is just fascinating (sometimes I'm like - no way, that really exists?).

If you're looking for a fast read with some interesting details and don't obsess too much on "as if" moments, then this is the book for you.

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