Book 25: Black Order

Black Order by Rollins is the third book in his Sigma Force series. A mysterious illness in a monastery in Nepal brings together Sigma Force's Director Crowe with Lisa Cummings, a nearby doctor who agrees to help local forces, to investigate the madness that suddenly descended on it. When clandestine forces arrive to destroy all of the evidence, the two try to flee but are soon captured and taken to a nearby castle. The hidden group of scientists as well as director Crowe have also been exposed to the radiation released after the sabotage of their secret experiment, so they band together to try to find the saboteur and a cure before time runs out. Meanwhile, Gray Pierce is attacked in Copenhagen while investigating a plot related to the sale of rare works by Victorian era scientists. He links the sale to a mysterious Nazi society responsible for horrific experiments in the 1940s. He and his team are captured and taken to South Africa. while Sigma Force links his case with the work in Nepal and the deteriorating Crowe and the other survivors from Nepal travel to South Africa to seek a cure. Time is running out for Pierce to save his team, his director, and the rest of the world from the threat of a Nazi mastermind determined to bring about a new world order.

Black Order is another well-written, action-packed tale in the spirit of the previous books in the series. I would recommend it for ages 18 and up.