Arkangel

Description for ARKANGEL by James Rollins: The execution of a Vatican archivist within the shadow of the Kremlin exposes a conspiracy going back three centuries -- to the bloody era of the Russian Tsars. Before his murder, he manages to dispatch a coded message, a warning of a terrifying threat, one tied to a secret buried within the Golden Library of Tsars, a vast and treasured archive that had vanished into history.As combative forces race for the truth behind this death and alarming discovery, Sigma Force is summoned to aid in the search -- not only for this missing trove of ancient books, but to follow a trail far into the Arctic, to search for the truth about a lost continent and a revelation that could ignite a global war. But Sigma Force has its own difficulties at home after an explosive attack on the National Mall -- one aimed at the heart of their covert agency -- has left them vulnerable and exposed.The growing conflict -- both on Russian soil and deep in the Arctic -- will