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James Rollins delivers one of the best thrillers of the year in The Devil Colony, an amazing amalgam of history, science and adventure. (Associated Press)

Riveting....Rollins gets better with each book, and his position at the top of this particular subgenre remains unshaken. (Publishers Weekly)

Terrible secrets, the sweep of history, an epic canvas, breathless action...nobody and I mean nobody does this stuff better than Rollins. (Lee Child)

From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes the next thrilling Sigma Force novel, in which the search for a dark cabal leads to the truth behind the founding of America.

Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a gruesome discovery--hundreds of mummified bodies--stir international attention and fervent controversy. Despite doubts to the bodies origins, the local Native American Heritage Commission lays claim to the prehistoric remains, along with the strange artifacts found in the same cavern: gold plates inscribed with an unfathomable script.

During a riot at the dig site, an anthropologist dies horribly, burned to ash in a fiery explosion in plain view of television cameras. All evidence points to a radical group of Native Americans, including one agitator, a teenage firebrand who escapes with a vital clue to the murder and calls on the one person who might help--her uncle, Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force.

To protect his niece and uncover the truth, Painter will ignite a war across the nation's most powerful intelligence agencies. Yet, an even greater threat looms as events in the Rocky Mountains have set in motion a frightening chain reaction, a geological meltdown that threatens the entire western half of the U.S.

From the volcanic peaks of Iceland to the blistering deserts of the American Southwest, from the gold vaults of Fort Knox to the bubbling geysers of Yellowstone, Painter Crowe joins forces with Commander Gray Pierce to penetrate the shadowy heart of a dark cabal, one that has been manipulating American history since the founding of the thirteen colonies. But can he discover the truth--one that could topple governments--before it destroys all he holds dear?