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Skeleton Key
- A Short Story Exclusive
- Narrated by: Christian Baskous
From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, an eerie short story descends deep beneath the city of Paris to a dark graveyard where the only means of escape is… Set lock .
Seichan is left out of the Sigma series to go on an adventure on her own – but will she be able to survive? The beautiful and elusive female assassin wakes up in a Paris hotel with a deadly electronic necklace fastened to the monkey’s neck. Joined by a similarly threatened baby, she must rescue the son of a hated enemy who has fallen under the control of the nefarious leader of an apocalyptic cult. To survive, she must venture into the dark world below the City of Light, into the famous cellars of Paris. Hunted between two enemies, she must fight for her life… while time ticks towards the end of the flame. But in the dark, surrounded by the rotting skeletons of the dead, not even success equals survival. In the end, the only real hope for the world lies in an incredible act of protest.
Accompanying this short story is a brief introduction to the first 70 pages of the Devil’s Colony, where the clues unlocked by The Skeleton Key will play a key role.
I’ve been a huge fan of James Rollins for many years and he just keeps getting better and better. His stories left me restless, unable to put them down until I reached the last page and found myself smiling or crying. I like Skeleton Key as much as his full-length book. I feel like I can get to know his main characters, no length introduction needed.
