James Rollins · 2022 · thriller

James Rollins's 2022 Sigma Force novel follows a jungle plague that reshapes life itself, from a relief camp in the Congo to a fabled lost kingdom hidden in the heart of Africa. The route runs from Washington to the Congo, to Gabon, and into the deep rainforest.

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   Washington DC

   Sigma is roused when a UN relief camp deep in the Congo sends word of a plague that leaves people hollow and turns the jungle itself into a killer.

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   The Congo

   At a stricken camp in the rainforest, men and animals alike have been remade, and the doctors who might understand it are seized by a Belgian billionaire's mercenaries.

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   Gabon

   A specialist taken from neighbouring Gabon becomes the key, as the team follows folklore of a lost realm and the legend of the black Christian king Prester John.

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   The Kingdom of Bones

   Deep in the trackless jungle lies the cursed source the locals call the Kingdom of Bones, where evolution runs wild and the cure, if any, is buried.