{"product_id":"9780061581175","title":"The Last Oracle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this superb thriller from #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author James Rollins, Sigma Force must battle a group of rogue scientists who have unleashed a diabolical project that could bring about the extinction of mankind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalvation . . . or annihilation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if scientists could bio-engineer the next great world prophet—the next Buddha, Mohammed, or even Jesus? Would it mark the Second Coming or initiate a chain reaction leading to the end of mankind?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormed during the Cold War, a think tank of world scientists known as the JASONS have discovered a way to manipulate and enhance autistic children who show savant talents—mathematical geniuses, statistical masterminds, brilliant conceptual artists. Yet among their young patients a strange side-effect begins to arise. Before it can be analyzed fully, a rogue group of the JASONS begins their own secret experimentation with a cadre of the best children. Their goal, to create a world prophet for the new millennium, one who can be manipulated to create a new era of global peace . . . a peace on their own terms, that is. But such manipulation has grim consequences as a biological meltdown among the children begins to occur—turning the innocent into something far more frightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo stop the JASONS before they engineer the extinction of mankind, Commander Gray Pierce of SIGMA Force races against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history—the Greek Oracle of Delphi. But can the past save the future?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Rollins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":42789020369056,"sku":"9780061581175","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_06c0f0a2-c11a-4b55-a82d-2139e0efac45.jpg?v=1736098028","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780061581175","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}