Sandstorm (Sigma Force, #1)

by James Rollins

Safia cleared her throat, still stunned by the discovery. “Biliqis is better known by her title: the Queen of Sheba.”

Now we're getting into the nuts and bolts of my series. I often get asked "Where do you get your ideas from?" Now, I always have my antenna up when searching for seeds to a story. I subscribe to early two dozen magazines. I interview anyone willing to talk to me. I jot notes when watching documentaries. When I travel, I journal and I'm notorious for walking up to someone in a village and asking them: "Tell me a secret about your town?" And often they do. Often such details end up in future book. Yet, throughout all of this antennae waving, I'm searching for two things. The quote above shines a light on the first. I'm always looking for a good historical mystery, a piece of the past that ends in a question mark, something I could potentially solve within the pages of a novel. SANDSTORM deals with history of the Queen of Sheba and her possible connection to Joseph, Mary, and Jesus Christ. And each Sigma novel delves deep into other mysteries. But that's only ONE of the two seeds of a story that I'm looking for. Read on.