Rollins delivers another high energy suspense thriller, The Judas Strain , about a virus that changes friendly bacteria into killer bacteria. As with most of his novels, Rollins provides very human characters with extrodinary abilities.

Sigma force once again saves the world while tracing the mystery virus along the route Marco Polo followed on his return from China. An implausible but rivoting story, the plot commands the readers attention to the final page. A great read for a summer afternoon.

There is nothing like spending the aftertoon with Sigma's commander Gray Pierce as he once again thwarts the designs of a murderous female assassin to ultimately partner with her in this astonishing quest to save Mankind.