In The Doomsday Key, released in June of 2009, Sigma comes up against the deadly ancient artifact known as the Doomsday Key. The Last Oracle, released in July of 2008, tells the story of two men in a race against time to solve a mystery based on the Greek Oracle of Delphi. Lisa Cummings and Monk Kokkalis are aboard a cruise liner hijacked by terrorists. In The Judas Strain, released in July of 2007, Dr. In July of 2006 James released Black Order, Sigma has to figure out why Buddhist monks inexplicably revert to cannibalism. In Map of Bones, released in July of 2005, the Sigma force must retrieve the preserved bones of the Three Magi stolen by a band of alchemists and assassins attempting to use them to alter the future of mankind.
In this chapter, Painter Crowe, an agent for Sigma Force must embark on a perilous race to find the source of power that caused the explosion in the British Museum in London.
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Eight years prior to its release, Sand Storm, released in July of 2004, was the first novel of the Sigma series to be published. This chapter of the seven chapter series is a detailed journal describing all that is Sigma. Sigma Guide, the informative novel of the Sigma series was released in June of 2012. Indiana then has to embark on a dangerous rescue mission through the Amazon jungle. His retirement is short-lived after one of his colleagues is kidnapped. Raider, Indiana Jones is forced to help the menacing Reds retrieve the Crystal Skull which leads to him losing his job as a teacher. This adventure takes place in the Cold War times of 1957. Released in May of 2008, this novel was based on the fourth of the Indiana Jones films by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson. One title several people are familiar with is his novel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. In this final chapter, Elena must with her companions to find and destroy the last deadly Weirgate and defeat the Dark Lord. The last novel in this series, Wit’ch Star, was released in November of 2003. In this novel, Elena must journey to Gulgotha to uncover the Dark Lord’s secret identity. Book four, Wit’ch Gate was released in October of 2002. In Wit’ch War, released in July 2001, Elena has now mastered the energies of blood magick and the fate of her kingdom rests on her recovering the Blood Diary. The second, Wit’ch Storm, was released in May of 2000 and continues Elena’s quest against the Dark Lord leading her to a lost city that holds the key to the Dark Lord’s defeat. Salvatore) and “ I loved every page.” (John Saul) The Banned and the Banished series includes four more novels. Book one of the Banned and the Banished series, Wit’ch Fire tells the story of Elena who is trying to save the lost empire of Alasea from the Dark Lord.Ĭritic reviews include: “ I couldn’t put it down ” (R.A. James’s first novel, Wit’ch Fire, was written in 1999 under the pen name James Clemens. With over thirty titles translated in over forty different languages, it is no wonder how this author has become so well-known world-wide. He enjoyed, and still does to this day, making his fictional stories believable by adding some truth to sway the minds of his readers. James was also self-inspired by the tall tale stories he would use as pranks on his siblings. He was also inspired by his many travels and adventures through the United States, Europe, New Zealand, the South Pacific, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, as well as in South America.Ĭonquering the globe has not been the only inspiration for this writer, however.
James was inspired by many different authors such as H.G. Louis Magazine in 2012, He describes himself as a veterinarian who occasionally writes novels. James currently resides in Sacramento, California and shares his home with his golden retriever, Penny, and his miniature dachshund, Paiwakit.Īlthough his first novel was released clear back in the year 1999, James does not consider writing as his career. James would eventually give up his career in veterinary medicine to become a full-time author however, to this day he still volunteers his abilities to help the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and spaying and neutering trapped feral cats for the Sacramento Council of Cats. It was then that he opened his own private practice in Sacramento, California. After finishing high school, James went on to receive his Doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in the year 1985. He graduated high school from Parkway West Senior High in Ballwin, Missouri in 1979. James Paul Czajkowski, also known as James Rollins and James Clemens, was born on Augin Chicago, Illinois.