Sigma Force · Book 8
The Skeleton Key
- Published
- 1 January 2011
- Pages
- 123
- ISBN-13
- 9781409143420
- Type
- short
About this book
"The Skeleton Key" (2011) is a short story rather than a full novel, published between "The Doomsday Key" and "The Devil Colony" — one of the digital-only vignettes James Rollins wrote alongside the numbered Sigma Force novels, optional reading for series completists rather than part of the core eighteen-book path.
Its place in Sigma Force
The Skeleton Key is book 8 in the Sigma Force series. It follows The Doomsday Key. It is followed by The Devil Colony. See the full Sigma Force reading order.
Sigma Force is a covert unit of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), staffed by former special-forces operatives cross-trained as scientists and sent to investigate threats where cutting-edge science and ancient mystery collide. Every novel pairs a real scientific or historical hook — CRISPR gene editing, quantum physics, lost expeditions, ancient plagues, cryptozoology, Norse and biblical lore — with a globe-spanning conspiracy, and James Rollins (a veterinarian by training) grounds even…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409143420