Altar of Eden by James Rollins - 5 stars

Altar of Eden

by James Rollins (Goodreads Author)

Louisiana state veterinarian Lorna Polk stumbles upon a shipwrecked fishing trawler carrying a caged group of exotic animals. Yet, something is wrong with these beasts: a parrot with no feathers, a pair of Capuchin monkeys conjoined at the hip, a jaguar cub with the dentition of a saber-tooth tiger. They also all share one uncanny trait—a disturbingly heightened intelligence. To uncover the truth, Lorna must team up with a man who shares a dark and bloody past with her, U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Jack Menard. Together, the two must hunt for a beast that escaped the shipwreck while uncovering a mystery tied to fractal science and genetic engineering, all to expose a horrifying secret that traces back to mankind’s earliest roots.
But can Lorna stop what is about to be born upon the altar of Eden before it threatens not only the world, but also the very foundation of what it means to be human?

My Review
This is an excellent thriller, at first I thought it was going to be a monster chasing story (I love monster books!), but about 1/3 of the way through it switched up to an even more exciting story. This is a stand alone for Mr. Rollins and I love his stand alone books every much as I love the books in the Sigma Force series!  Every time I read one of his books, though, I learn something new and have to go look something up, fractals!