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THE VOYNICH PROJECT: NEPHILIM RISING AN OMEGA FORCE THRILLER (OMEGA FORCE) | 
 enlarge | Author: James K Rollins
Publisher: MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING
Category: EBooks
List Price: $4.95
Buy New: $3.96
You Save: $0.99 (20%)
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 5043
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
ASIN: B001GCVJJC
Publication Date: October 26, 2008
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ACTION/ADVENTURE SPY THRILLER THE VOYNICH PROJECT: NEPHILIM RISING AN OMEGA FORCE CONSPIRACY THRILLER FOR SOME, IT’S AN ELEGANT ENIGMA … The past: For centuries, the Voynich manuscript has remained a mystery. The Lost Magical Diary of C. G. Jung-—The Red Book-—holds the key to unlocking its secrets. In 1940, aboard the Orient Express, Jung encounters the Nazi leader of the Vril Society, who is hell-bent on harnessing its powers and whose motto is “Not all good comes from above.” THE KEY TO FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH The present: The mission-—Abduct or kill al-Dajjal, a coldblooded war criminal who is committing mass genocide. But on their failed covert operation deep with the Syrian Desert, Major Brody Devlin and his special ops team-—the OMEGA FORCE, encounter a horrific discovery, bizarre experiments in genetic engineering. Meanwhile, on a dig in the Middle East, Dr. Blair Kelly-—a beautiful but tough-as-nails archaeologist—-rescues Wendy, a young orphan, from the clutches of the mad assassin, al-Dajjal. But it just so happens that our heroine, Blair, is a Celtic High Priestess and Wendy is an Indigo Child, who possesses fantastic powers. Together with the help of an ancient order of Druids, The Daughters of Awen, Blair must decode the Voynich manuscript. But the answer found in the lost diary of Carl Jung unlocks a dramatic childhood secret and reveals Blair’s strange bond with the child. FOR OTHERS, IT’S A CURSE … THE DEVIL’S LOOKING-GLASS Back in London when Blair’s brother-—an alchemist-—and Wendy are kidnapped, Blair and Devlin are plunged into an evil conspiracy of Neo-Nazis. The Indigo Children, Wendy and the Lost Boys, are being held prisoner at Eden School, where they are examined as unique specimens, the fountainhead of a new master race. In a daring commando raid on the British Museum, the Voynich manuscript and the mysterious Crystal Skulls are stolen. Using Blair as a decoy, Devlin and his team dive headlong into an ancient quest that dates back to the Nazi Occult Bureau.
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 I enjoyed this! November 16, 2008
S. K. Merlene (TX)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read the hardcopy of this novel and really enjoyed the breakneck pace and huge twists! I am an avid reader of James Rollins and do not find this to be similar to his works at all. A new voice in the market is great to find and James K Rollins fits the bill. Read with an open mind and don't try to pigeon hole this author - he has original ideas that are fun to read! Get ready for a wild ride.
 Not by best-selling author James Rollins November 2, 2008
Julia Sullivan
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Please be aware that this book is not by best-selling author James Rollins, as some of the reviews might lead you to believe. This book is by someone named James Kyle Rollins.
Buyer Beware! October 25, 2008
P. T. Hill (Northern California)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This hack is not NY Times bestselling author James Rollins. The "K" in James K. Rollins must stand for "knave" - a tricky, deceitful person. He has blatantly ripped off James Rollins' Sigma series books and apparently self-published an e-book. Beware, people.
sausagelike?! October 23, 2008
Novel Idea (Waterbury, CT United States)
I am writing this to expose James K. Rollins as the talentless fraud that he is. Please don't confuse James Rollins and James K. Rollins. James Rollins (no K.) is an established and talented storyteller and New York Times best-selling author. James K. Rollins, using the old "middle initial" trick, is a hijack artist and con man.
Now, I'm no literary genius, which is obvious by my misuse of grammar and punctuation, but I'm not charging you $15 to read this. I just feel the need to do this because I'm a huge James Rollins fan. There will be no mention of the title of K. Rollins "latest" novel (and I'm using the term "novel" loosely) because it doesn't merit mentioning. I will refer to it as TVP, the initials of the title.
K. Rollins calls this his "latest" book but I can't seem to find anything else by this guy in print released prior to TVP. He has the cover art from a number of novels on his MySpace from authors like Matthew Reilly, Dan Brown, James Rollins etc...and goes on to mention all of these authors as his favorites with the exception of, guess who, James Rollins. Trying to ride on the success of the real James Rollins work? If you consider the placement of the TVP cover art next to James Rollins art, it's pretty obvious. K. Rollins also states on his own MySpace that he has "HD-ADDH" (his typo, not mine). How does someone with HD-ADHD research and write a novel containing any original thought?
Someone that was duped by the pen name trick accidentally bought TVP for me. I was suspicious but decided to give it a shot. After the first page and a half I realized what a steaming pile of garbage I was holding. I choked down about 25 more pages and couldn't take anymore. I had to stop reading before this literary dribble caused me to lose IQ points. The use of words like "sausagelike" (I'm not kidding) was laughable and exhibited a total lack of writing ability. To call K. Rollins writing style immature would be an overstated compliment.
On to the "novel" itself. The characters and storyline were exceedingly inferior carbon copies of quality work by the real James Rollins. TVP centers around a military special ops team named after a Greek letter (sounds like James Rollins Sigma series) who are highly trained soldiers AND scientists (sounds like James Rollins Sigma series) and entirely unknown to the public (sounds like James Rollins Sigma series). Even the shameful explanation of why the team got its Greek name was another attempt at ripping off a much better written idea in the novel Sandstorm. The characters were one-dimensional depictions of well thought out characters from a number of James Rollins novels. The "scientific nazi" storyline was almost a complete hijacking of the entire idea behind Black Order. I'm sure there were many more stolen ideas I could point out if I had kept reading and not returned the book to the store (I couldn't allow this guy to make a penny off of me). In short, there wasn't one original thought in the 25 or so pages that I read so I read no more.
This passage is an attempt to prevent other readers from being robbed of $14.95+tax and browbeaten by poor imagery illustrated with made-up adjectives. This waste of paper is an insult to a 3rd graders intelligence. I also hope that this brain-numbing piece of literary trash gets used to line the bottom of litter boxes and is never mistaken for an actual James Rollins novel. (Is that too harsh?)
A note TO the author. You apparently do not possess enough talent to come up with a story, character, or even pen name that would be a success on its own intrinsic worth. (Look that up if you have to.) Please don't write another book until you have developed the skill to not use a word like "sausagelike". Even you must see the error in that. And when you do, for Gods sake, CHANGE YOUR PEN NAME. I know you say you have ADHD but try to focus on....OH, look, a chair! What was I saying?
If anyone wants to read an entertaining and well-written action/drama/thriller novel, pick up any of the REAL James Rollins novels. But if you do here's one tip; Read the Sigma series in order- Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, and The Last Oracle. His stand-alone books include Subterranean, Excavation, Deep Fathom, Amazonia and Ice Hunt. Happy reading and don't be fooled by the "middle initial" trick!
 Well paced and well written action thrills October 11, 2008
mysterylover1 (NJ)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3L99UHR41D6PF THE VOYNICH PROJECT: NEPHILIM RISING
I've been waiting for this one since I saw threads on the Internet about it. A Celtic/Druidess heroine, Indigo kids with super powers, and evil Neo-Nazi conspiracy that goes back to WWII, and a team of special ops agents with a wide range of talents and colorful personalities. And the mystery of the Voynich manuscript. If you don't know what it is just google it and tons of pages will come up.
I loved the nononsense female heroine and the quips she exchanges with the hero.
If you want a fast ride with a splash of fancinating history and a killer third act you'll like this one.
I also recommend Maxumum Ride by Patterson and Steve Berry has a new thriller coming out in late December,too.
I read the paper back version below.
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