Teaser Tuesdays: The Doomsday Key

I’ve just finished Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (review) and have started reading The Doomsday Key by James Rollins. I know many of you wished me to read Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen next, but here are my reasons for not selecting it right away. 1) I’ve had my eye on Doomsday for ages, since I’ve read all the other Sigma series novels. 2) I’ve just read a book from a female perspective, and I like to switch up the characters so that the voices don’t blend together, I feel I’m more objective that way. And C) My next ARC is an action/adventure novel and I don’t like to mix two of the same genres, one after the other, similar to numero dos. So, the order of my book reading will commence as follows: The Doomsday Key by James Rollins, Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, then Black Rain by Graham Brown. You see how I work here? Good.

Here’s your Teaser Tuesdays, you get two because I couldn’t decide which was more of a true teaser. Have at it.

“But most disturbing of all, Pope Benedict XVI is the 111th pope. And according to this oddly accurate prophecy, the world ends with the very next one.” The Doomsday Key, xii

“The condition earned the name Colony Collapse Disorder. This massive and mysterious loss generated sensational headlines and fears. So what truly happened to the bees? Within the pages of this novel lies an answer. … Most frightening of all, it’s true.” The Doomsday Key, xiii

Notice how the pages are in roman numerals? That’s because these two teasers aren’t even in the main body of the book; they’re from the historical and scientific record pages in the front. Google the Prophecy of Saint Malachy and you’ll see why I was so intrigued.

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