Now I'm curious what the larger story is because this island of baboons clearly has a connection to another book, but I'm not sure if it's in the Sigma Force series or one of the stand-alone novels. It breathed life into a character I hadn't thought much about. It was funny, stark, action-oriented and swift. A woman shows up to save him, and they immediately bicker. he's accidentally deposited onto an island where feral baboons try to kill him. That said, he's hilarious in this mini story. From reading this one, I take it he will become more prominent in the future books. He appeared much like background material and didn't have much of a personality. Kowalski first appeared in book four as a supporting character who helped solve a problem. I've completed books one thru four, and when I checked for the next installment, it was this short story called Kowalski's in Love. I began reading the Sigma Force books written by James Rollins earlier this year when I realized I missed international thrillers with medical or archaeological themes. the bad thing is, you might not know enough about the character if you do this. You will not be able to put this book down! James Rollins proves once again why he is the best in the archaeological thriller genre!! I give “Map of Bones” by James Rollins a 5 0ut of 5.The good thing about reading a series long after it is already established is that you can be sure to read the books in order, meaning sometimes the author shares short novellas or stories that go back to the beginning. Join Grayson Pierce, the brooding leader of the Sigma Team Kat, Sigma’s sleek and sexy assassin Monk, the muscle of the team and Lieutenant Rachel Verona, who joins the force with her uncle, the Monsignor Verona to stop the diabolical Dragon Court from unlocking the devastating secrets of the universe. Part Indiana Jones, part James Bond, the action and intrigue never lets up as the heroes of Sigma Force quest all over the globe in ancient tombs, temples, churches, and catacombs, to find the answer to a lost secret that could spell certain doom for the world if it fell into the wrong hands.

James Rollins’s second installment in his riveting, action-packed Sigma Force Series weaves the best yarn you will read yet if you are a fan of archaeological thrillers. They are tasked with keeping a secret, ancient power of devastating magnitude from falling into the hands of a nefarious age-old order that lusts for nothing less than world-domination…… When a mysterious cabal of sinister black-robed men murder a mass of innocents at a cathedral in Germany, stealing the enshrined bones of the Magi that searched for the Christ-child, the military specialists of Sigma Force are called upon again, this time by the Vatican itself.

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