{"product_id":"9780062892997","title":"Kingdom of Bones (Sigma Force Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins in Africa . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them--plants and animals--has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle -- known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones --and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe, vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet, even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development--or know how to stop it. As they race to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent--a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed . . . sooner than we know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother Nature--red in tooth and claw--is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045191794928,"sku":"9780062892997","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062892997_p0.jpg?v=1763634862","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062892997","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}