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What is the secret behind the US Seal? Why have five extra men been painted in the Declaration of Independence that hangs in the US Capitol Building? Did America’s founding fathers set up a country that has its genesis in controversy and lies? Did the ancient native Americans invent the super advanced nanotechnology? James Rollins’ seventh book in the Sigma series contrasts history with science and past with legend and creates a tantalising cocktail of suspense, action and thrill. He marries the present with the past that makes the novel work like an explosive, literally. Rollins takes up diverse ingredients and whips up an attention-grabbing plot that has one flipping through pages till the very end. Nobody packs intrigue, interest and history quite like the way he does. The fast-paced novel is an adrenaline rush and is packed with superlative action.
The story takes place in modern-day America, but has its birth in an Indian ceremony in the Rocky mountains from which ensues gory attacks, bloodshed and a secret… Cut to present and you have an Indian heritage site, embedded deep in the Rocky Mountains, as the centre of media attention. The reason? The murder of a young man; killed to keep an ancient secret safe. But for how long can you not let the world know about the existence of hundreds of mummified bodies, belonging to an ancient tribe? Or till when can you hide the reality of mass extinction at the hands of an extraordinarily superior ancient colony? The plot takes on deeper shades and tangents and interpolates a whole web of elements, including Mormonism, the original 13 tribes, nanotechnology, Thomas Jefferson, gold vaults, secret societies and what not. Also, the Guild is back and seems to be incontrovertibly tied with the history of the country. The Sigma team, with Director Painter Crowe heading one contingent and Commander Gray Pierce taking charge of the other, gets embroiled in the events, which seem to worsen with every passing hour. As Crowe’s niece, Kai, is found to be at the heart of the riot site in the Mountains and a possible Guild interest and hand in the happenings, Crowe and Pierce (along with a cast of characters including Kat, Monk, Kowalski and Seichan) set forth to unearth the secret behind all secrets. As the characters hop from one place to the next, the world gets closer to its doom. From Iceland to America, the operatives race against time to hunt for a lost map that probably holds the key to sort out this mess. So is Sigma able to thwart danger once more or does it fail, yet again, in the hands of the conniving Guild? The Devil Colony is one of the best historical fictions to have come out from Rollins. He very expertly manoeuvres the reader through an interesting landscape of the most advanced science, discovered by an ancient civilisation a long time ago, along with the dizzying hitherto unknown accounts of few of the most prominent people in America’s history. As the dance between Sigma and the Guild perks up in tempo, Rollins pulls out all stops to let the historical implications of the findings make you think twice about the events and the people that contrived the birth of a country.
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