the starless crown sneak peek james rollins

So first and foremost, let me thank that close-knit bevy of readers who serve as my initial editors: Sally Ann Barnes, Chris Crowe, Lee Garrett, Jane O’Riva, Denny Grayson, Leonard Little, Judy Prey, Caroline Williams, Christian Riley, Tod Todd, and Amy Rogers.

This book has so many fingerprints upon each page, most of those from a certain circle of critics who have been there since the beginning of my writing career, back when I was a full-time practicing veterinarian, writing short stories that are now safely buried in my backyard. Once recharged, they worked their way slowly across the Pacific, hopping island to island, from Micronesia to Polynesia, until they finally settled here, in a place that was a veritable Eden. After that long desert trek, to cleanse the dust off their bodies, they continued to a hot-springs resort nestled deep in the mountains of New Zealand. Afterward, seeking isolation again, they jetted off to Perth, Australia, where they rented a truck and drove deep into the wilds of the Outback. Eventually, they found themselves amid the teeming sprawl of Mumbai, India, enjoying humanity at its most riotous. Then they flew to the savannas of Kenya, where for a fortnight they shifted from tent camp to tent camp, moving with the timeless flow of animal life found there. After leaving D.C., they had spent time in a walled-off medieval village in France, taking residence in the attic of a former monastery.

Prior to that, they had been traveling for half a year, moving place to place with no itinerary in mind, all but circling the globe.

The starless crown sneak peek james rollins