The Sixth Extinction

The audiobook The Sixth Extinction is the tenth instalment in the action-thriller series featuring the elite Sigma Force unit. Written by James Rollins, translated by Zdík Dušek. Narrated by Jiří Schwarz, directed by Jakub Tabery. Sigma Force #10 A military research station in the remote Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California sends out a distress call ending with a chilling request: “This is Sierra, Victor, Whiskey. We have a breach. Containment failed. Kill us… kill us all.” When help arrives, they find no one alive—and it's not just the researchers who are dead, but every living organism within a hundred-square-kilometre radius: animals, plants, and even bacteria. The soil is perfectly sterile—and the devastation is spreading. Only one team in the world has the necessary scientific knowledge and military experience to handle such a mission: Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma. The dead researchers were working on a secret project studying fundamentally different life forms on Earth, forms that could change our understanding of biology and the very essence of humanity. But an explosion occurred in the laboratory, and now Sigma must deal with the apocalyptic consequences. To prevent an inevitable doom, they must unravel a futuristic threat with roots in the distant past—to a time when Antarctica was a green continent and life on Earth teetered on a knife's edge. Following clues from an ancient map from the lost Library of Alexandria, Sigma eventually makes a shocking discovery about a prehistoric continent and a new form of life and death buried under kilometres of ice. Gray Pierce and his dedicated team must journey through ancient historical epochs and distant continents to decipher millennia-old secrets and solve mysteries hidden in the darkest jungles of the present day—only then can they stop the sixth extinction, which threatens all of humanity. But is it already too late? JAMES ROLLINS James Paul Czajkowski, a native of Chicago, is currently one of the most successful authors of adventure stories and thrillers. He also publishes fantasy novels under the name James Clemens. He focused on the study of evolutionary biology in college and earned his doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in 1985. He then opened his own veterinary practice in Sacramento, California. He began writing in the late 1990s and, after achieving rapid success, became a professional writer. In his novels, he has drawn on his experiences as a speleologist and a certified scuba diver, and his practical knowledge of medicine and natural sciences also aids his writing. JIŘÍ SCHWARZ An actor and voice artist, he was born in Prague, where he also graduated from the State Conservatoire. After completing his studies, he was engaged at the State Theatre in Ostrava from 1980–1982 and at the Švanda Theatre from 1982 to 1991. Since the 1990s, he has performed at the Prague City Theatres. He has acted in many television films, fairy tales, and series. He is also involved in dubbing and audiobook narration. Copyright © 2014 by James Czajkowski. From the English original The Eye of God (First published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2014). Translation © 2015 Zdík Dušek