The 6th Extinction audiobook

I realized something when reading this book, something that should have hit me long before now: James Rollins writes awesome female characters. And if you read thrillers as much as I do, you know what a rarity that is. They're smart and competent, compassionate and driven. Yet they're not cookie cutter-similar, either. Seichan's my favorite, but Jenna's a great addition to the team. It's great to open one of Rollins' books and know that if a woman ends up in a dangerous situation, she'll do her best to get herself out of it. Aside from that, the Sigma novels are just fun: crazy, cutting-edge science, mad action, and sass. This one references some of the most recent developments in genetics research and environmental preservation, plus shadow biomes and XNA (an alternate nucleic acid similar to DNA or RNA, but using other elements). I always come away from these stories feeling that I've learned something new, and wanting to do more research on the subjects involved.And did I mention they're fun?

The 6th Extinction is book 10 in the Sigma series and you don't need to have read the previous books in the series to enjoy this book. Although it wouldn't hurt to read them in the right order. Mostly because the series is good and it's interesting to follow the character lives throughout the books.This book starts with the destruction of a remote military research station that not only kills every single scientist in the facility, but also every living thing within fifty square miles. Animals, plants, and yes even bacteria are killed and the infestation is spreading. Now, they must find a way to stop it.This book takes us both to the jungles of South America and the icy world of Antarctica as the agents of Sigma has to find a way to stop the spreading that kills everything in its way.The book is split into two parts; Commander Gray Pierce and others travelers to Antarctica looking for the answers below the ice and Painter Crowe and his group is going after the scientist that created the scourge and who was kidnapped when the military research station was destroyed. I preferred the Antarctic part of the book, it was most interesting with the lost world under the ice and also the one that felt most adventurous. Meanwhile, Crowe and his team are trying to find the scientist that was kidnapped by the evil man that wanted to destroy the world that we know. The problem for me with the storyline was that It just got to scientific sometimes, too much scientific babble that dragged the story a bit. It was fundamentally interesting the idea that something could be so devastation dangerous that it could kill everything alive, but it just sometimes felt like the scientific babble just went on and on. That could really be why I just preferred what was going on with Pierce and the others because they had to fight for their lives constantly in Antarctica and the world below was so fantastic and dangerous. Yes, there was danger in Brazil, but I just felt less interested in the storyline. I liked the book, I think it is well-written and fascinating to read. Yes, sometimes the science went above my head, but that only makes me more impressed because it does make the book feel very well researched. Although it did now and then go on a bit too long for my taste. But still, in essence, a really good book.

In the 6th Extinction, James Rollins takes his readers on a journey of DNA evolution. What if Darwin's theory had more to it than what we learned today? The Sigma Force series never disappoints, and in this installment, we learn about the advances of medical technology and the impact of changing the core of human beings mindsets. Is this why animals and other species became extinct years ago? A fun ride, but a bit too technical again in some parts. I missed Seichan not being in this book... but I enjoyed the new characters. Sad we lost one who's been involved since the beginning, tho too. Onward to the next one in the series, which I hope to finish by the early fall.

The 6th Extinction by James Rollins is the very highly recommended 10th Sigma Force Novel, but more importantly, it is a terrific thriller that will deliver an action packed ride to the suspenseful end. This is not a leisurely read. It is a "stuck overnight at the airport book," meaning The 6th Extinction will keep you up, awake, and entertained with minimum trips to find coffee or a distraction. In fact, you will be a toe-tapping, nail-biting mess trying to read fast enough to find what will happen next. (And I literally was a toe-tapping, nail-biting mess reading while waiting for my car's oil to be changed today.)A distress call comes out of an old military station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, by Mono Lake, asking for someone to, "Kill us all!" Jenna Beck, a California State Park Ranger and her dog, Nikko, go up to investigate and quickly become part of something much larger than anything she could anticipate. It appears everything near the site is dead - and then commandos in black from a ubiquitous black helicopter fly in to finish the job. The site is blown up, releasing a man-made pathogen that kills everything.The Sigma Force is called into action to find out what the pathogen is, where the scientist in charge has been taken, who is attacking them and the scientists, and where the genesis of the pathogen can be found. Their teams must travel from California to Brazil to Antarctica in a race to discover the answers and stop the madness before it causes the 6th extinction, this time of the human race.Rollins always delivers the goods!This thriller benefits from all the real science and research Rollins does to enhance the book. (Those who miss Michael Crichton's books, take note.) The 6th Extinction is full of science and history. Rollins clues you in at the end what science and research is real, what research or beliefs the scientific debates and theories are based on, and where the science is heading, along with other information. I love that about his books. Rollins not only provides us with an excellent, electrifying thriller full of action and adventure, he also treats his readers with respect and a nod to their intelligence and comprehension.Having read all the Sigma force novels (or almost all of them), I could easily follow along with the many characters and the action. I really think that you could jump into the series and still finish the book with just as much enjoyment. Of course, then I'm predicting that you'll then want to go back and read the other Sigma force novels - and everything else Rollins has written.Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of HarperCollins for review purposes.

ScienceThrillers.com review: If you're a fan of science-themed or techno-thrillers but you don't know author James Rollins and the Sigma Force series, it's past time to join the party.Rollins is easily one of the top three writers of science-themed action thrillers working today. The phrase "the next Michael Crichton" has been horribly overused, but Rollins has a legitimate claim to the title. The Sixth Extinction, his newest Sigma novel, is a masterpiece of imaginative, suspenseful storytelling with plenty of science and science fiction elements.The Sixth Extinction is as good as or better than any other book in the Sigma Force series. I was particularly entranced by the science themes, which focus on synthetic biology and bioengineering. (Bringing microbes and molecules into a story is always a plus with me!) Strange life forms, both micro and macro, aren't the only newcomers to this Sigma novel. Rollins introduces Jenna Beck, a California State Parks ranger who has brains, courage, resourcefulness, and a search-and-rescue dog named Nikko. (Rollins, who was a veterinarian in his previous life, has started writing great dog characters. Check out his Tucker Wayne stories, featuring military dog Kane: Bloodline (Sigma Force), Tracker: A Short Story (Sigma Force Novels), The Kill Switch: A Tucker Wayne Novel (Sigma Force Novels).)As readers expect in Sigma tales, the action in Sixth Extinction is wild and nonstop and set in several exotic locales. In this installment, Antarctica and the Brazilian Amazon are key settings. My favorite setting is actually the one least exotic to me: California's eastern Sierra Nevada, including Mono Lake, the village of Lee Vining, and the ghost town Bodie.Readers will recognize strong echoes of Crichton's Jurassic Park and Micro in this novel. Rollins displays impressive creativity in constructing worlds teeming with predators that are believable and terrifying. He also uses his story to thoughtfully explore some important issues about how humans might or are responding to what many believe is a real-life sixth great extinction happening right now. See his notes at the end of the book for discussion.There is generally less development of Sigma team member life stories in this volume (though there are wedding bells in the air) but there is a setup for more stories to come.In his Sigma Force thrillers, Rollins is known for mashing together crazy mixtures of real science and history and turning them into action-packed plots. Sixth Extinction is no exception. What I found particularly appealing about this installment of the series is the science focus on biotechnology. I'm a sucker for DNA stories. Rollins plays games with real science, taking bits of truth and sometimes stretching them into pure science fiction. In this book, the stretches are shorter, maybe because (as he points out in the end notes) science reality in the field of synthetic biology is perilously close to fantasy. Hence the 4 biohazards rating, higher than Sigma usually gets from me. Rollins actually had me looking some stuff up (CRISPR-Cas technology, to be precise) and I enjoyed learning about the new technology.In short, take it as a given that if you follow the ScienceThrillers website, you should be reading James Rollins. The Sixth Extinction may not be the best place to start, given the long history of the characters in the series, but then again, it's a fabulous page-turner and who cares if you don't know all the details? Pick up whichever Sigma novel you can get your hands on and get started.

I felt like this book was a bit lacking in originality and shared many of the same info as James Rollins' other books. A few examples: this book has the underworld of Antarctica component of Subterranean, the throwback animals of Alter of Eden, the deadly virus component of The Judas Strain, and the scary flora and fauna of the Amazon like in Amazonia. If one were to mix up all those ideas into one book, it would be The Sixth Extinction. That said, it was a fairly good read, if slightly more boring than some of his other books. I felt like I knew what was going to happen most of the time and was therefore not inclined to pay very close attention. I found my mind wandering a lot and then realizing that I wasn't paying attention and having to reread. That's never a good sign.

This is the 10th Sigma Force novel by James Rollins. All the members of the team are back, including Commander Grey Pierce, Dr. Lisa Cummings, Painter Crowe, and Kowalski. Two other main characters Jenna Beck and Jason Carter play prominent roles.As he does with all his novels, Rollins weaves his fiction with threads of actual science and history. What makes his work interesting is the possibility that some or all of the cataclysmic events depicted could come true. This formula along with fast pacing and changing environments provides the constantly shifting milieu necessary to keep most readers enthralled.This book begins in the high country of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in eastern California. Containment in a clandestine, government bio-lab is breached and an unidentified virus begins its march into the food and water supply. What it infects, it kills. Nothing can stop its spread.Sigma force is tasked with unraveling the mystery behind the facility, its occupants, and the science and history leading to its existence. The trail of paper and bodies eventually leads them to the ice fields of Antarctica and the rain forests of Brazil, where they come face to face with the past and the future. Neither includes the current dominant species struggling to balance individual human wants with the needs of the planet.If you are a fan of the Sigma novels, you will most likely enjoy this read. On the expanded scale, I provide the Sixth Extinction with a 4.1 out of 5.0.

I enjoyed the story and the exotic locations – the story takes place across the globe from the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, to the remote tepuis of Brazil, and all the way to Antarctica. It was a very fast-paced thriller, with less investigation and more “diving-right-in-and-doing” than some of the other books in this series. The returning characters from previous novels were a nice surprise, but I won’t names in case you are a fan of the series and haven’t read this one yet. Jenna, Nikko, and Drake were nice additions to the team, and I wouldn’t mind seeing them pop up again in future volumes. I do wish that Seichan had a bigger part in this one though.As always with James Rollins’s books, be sure to read / listen to the Notes to the Reader at the end of the novel. He always explains what out of the book is science, and what is fiction. In this novel particularly, that is the scariest part of all.

Seomthing deadly escapes from a secret government research lab in Northern California, along with a message to "kill us all." A local Park Ranger and her dog go to investigate, and miraculously survive to be joined by Painter Crowe and his fiancee, who are nearby planning their wedding. One team (Gray Pierce) heads off to Antarctica followng a lead from an assault on a major lead, to discover a land of strange beasts survivng under the polar ice cap. The other team (Painter) ends up in northern Brazil, where a presumed dead scientist is genetically manipulating species. Really crazy frenetic for most of the book, this one is a wild ride, even for the Sigma Force series.

Another solid tale. Gray Pierce + team finds an ancient map rescued from the lost Library of Alexandria and a new threat buried under miles of ice.

if i'm not mistaken, every main sigma force book up to now has religious shit all over, except this;on the other hand, the science in this one is a bit difficult to follow, for me at leastp82: using the claw-toothed hammer, he pried open the inner door of the elevator.p288: "jason, on my signal, you haul ass toward me."he looked terrified, but he gave a firm nod.gray shifted his rifle away from the water and pointed it at the roof. he hoped the noise in the confined space didn’t knock jason out, but he had to take the chance. he pulled the trigger.i guess i missed your signal, hotshot

Ora aqui está uma aventura que vale bem a pena ler! É dos meus preferidos, sim, é. Só senti falta de Monk, que entra no início mas depois não acompanha Gray numa viagem inesperada à Antártida. Gosto de acompanhar a equipa Sigma pelos locais mais interessantes deste Planeta, gosto das descobertas que fazem, da informação que me dão a conhecer sobre as coisas mais interessantes (às vezes, também medonhas e aterrorizadoras). Gosto de como se deparam sempre com situações de perigo que parecem não ter solução e de repente, bimba!, acontece alguma coisa ou alguém tem uma ideia genial. Ação non-stop, sempre muita adrenalina. Mesmo na gélida Antártida.

The Sixth Extinction by James RollinsBeginning with the cursed continent of Antarctica, this story unfolds with tales of demons that haunt its dark depths and ready to eat the hearts of the living. When an emergency 911 call is made from a military research site financed by the U.S. Developmental Test Command, an unbridled discovery is made. With the involvement of Dugway Proving Grounds, a nuclear, chemical, and biological test facility, rumors of extraterrestrial research run rapid among other theories. When biologist Dr. Kendall Hess is kidnapped, the military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that deal with global threats of technological nature is called upon. Sigma Special Forces soldiers comprise this organization. The historical background of Hess involves a career of studying rare bacterial species that thrive in toxic and hostile environment and are capable of existing in foreign worlds. With his knowledge, Hess has become an immediate target for others to gain from technologies intersecting between biology and physical science encompassing everything from genetic engineering to synthetic biology. Hess's radical research provides information on unusual biochemical molecular processes forming exotic life forms. A power struggle ensues between good and evil to prevent the end of the human race and civilization.Mass extinction has become the newest subject matter created by James Rollins. The creation of over a thousand new aggressive XNA species using biological experimentation represents the threat of annihilation on our present ecosystem. Completion of this undertaking comprises a man made disease that dulls and corrodes the human brain. It strips away intelligence making humans inhuman. With the continuation of eliminating many species by humans trampling the environment and causing a rise in pollution, mankind has become the driving force behind a certain road to apocalypse where nothing survives. Rollins skillfully forges true statements with fictional writing to create an underlying message that civilized intelligence can save ourselves from destruction. Continuing his action packed adventure style of writing, Rollins balances scientific facts with the fragility of life. This latest endeavor will undoubtedly place the reader neck deep in the Sixth Extinction.