American veterinarian James Paul Czajkowski (born August 20, 1961, pen-name James Rollins, http://www.jamesrollins.com/) writes best-selling, action-adventure, thriller novels. He gave up his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California, to be a full-time author. He has also published fantasy fiction under the nom-de-plume of James Clemens. The summary of his latest thriller (15 May 2014) is as follows. The US government requires an individual with perfect stealth, execution, and discretion. Meet the newest recruits to the expanding Sigma Force universe – former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his stalwart companion, Kane, a military working dog of exceptional abilities. The mission seems simple enough: extract a pharmaceutical magnate from Russian soil, a volatile man who holds the secret to a deadly bio-weapon. Yet nothing is as it appears to be. A conspiracy of world-shattering scope unravels as Tucker and Kane struggle to keep one move ahead of their deadly enemies. From the frozen steppes of Russia to the sun-blasted mountains of South Africa and Namibia, a biological threat millions of years in the making strikes out at the heart of America. All that stands in the way from a global apocalypse: one man and his dog. But can even Tucker and Kane thwart an ecological menace out of the ancient past to save the world’s future? I hope so because the Wimbledon highlights programme is on tonight at 8pm. My strawberries and cream are waiting.
400 pages in Orion paperback edition
ISBN 978-1409154433
James Rollins