Listen free for 30 days
-
Sandstorm
- A Sigma Force Novel, Book 1
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $55.75
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Buy it with
-
Sandstorm
- Sigma Force, Book 1
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty years ago, a wealthy British financier disappeared near Ubar, the fabled lost city buried beneath the sands of Oman. Now, an expedition of scientists, led by the financier’s daughter, is finally setting off for the legendary metropolis to unlock the desert’s secrets. What they find, however, is more beautiful than they ever dreamed — and far deadlier. Within Ubar is a powerful energy source that could fuel the entire earth above — if it can be harnessed.
-
-
Monotone Narrator and a story which isn't the best
- By Baboom on 2023-09-26
Written by: James Rollins
-
Excavation
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
High in the Andes, Dr. Henry Conklin discovers a 500-year-old mummy that should not be there. While deep in the South American jungle, Conklin's nephew, Sam, stumbles upon a remarkable site nestled between two towering peaks, a place hidden from human eyes for thousands of years. Ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting, and wealth beyond imagining could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown.
-
-
Good but the same
- By Reza Evol on 2021-06-17
Written by: James Rollins
-
Amazonia
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the world's most inhospitable rainforest - a former Special Forces soldier, scarred, mutilated, terrified, and mere hours from death, who went in with one arm missing...and came out with both intact.
-
-
Brain candy
- By Tai L on 2023-05-16
Written by: James Rollins
-
Subterranean
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Travel to the bottom of the earth...to a place you never dreamed existed. Beneath the ice...a hand-picked team of specialists makes its way toward the center of the world. They are not the first to venture into this magnificient subterranean labyrinth. Those they follow did not return....
-
-
Another winner
- By Karen on 2020-02-01
Written by: James Rollins
-
Deep Fathom
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find the Earth burning. Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earthquakes and hellfire rock the globe. Air Force One has vanished from the skies with America’s president on board. Now, with the US on the narrow brink of a nuclear apocalypse, Kirkland must pilot his oceangoing exploration ship, Deep Fathom, on a desperate mission miles below the ocean’s surface.
-
-
awesome
- By Dave Gravel on 2023-04-09
Written by: James Rollins
-
Altar of Eden
- A Novel
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: Paula Christensen
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A master at combining heart-stopping suspense and scientific intrigue, New York Times best-selling author James Rollins returns with a thrilling adventure like no other--a shocking story of cruel genetic experiments done in the name of national security and, most disturbing of all, tied to a secret history of the Book of Genesis.
Written by: James Rollins
-
Sandstorm
- Sigma Force, Book 1
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty years ago, a wealthy British financier disappeared near Ubar, the fabled lost city buried beneath the sands of Oman. Now, an expedition of scientists, led by the financier’s daughter, is finally setting off for the legendary metropolis to unlock the desert’s secrets. What they find, however, is more beautiful than they ever dreamed — and far deadlier. Within Ubar is a powerful energy source that could fuel the entire earth above — if it can be harnessed.
-
-
Monotone Narrator and a story which isn't the best
- By Baboom on 2023-09-26
Written by: James Rollins
-
Excavation
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
High in the Andes, Dr. Henry Conklin discovers a 500-year-old mummy that should not be there. While deep in the South American jungle, Conklin's nephew, Sam, stumbles upon a remarkable site nestled between two towering peaks, a place hidden from human eyes for thousands of years. Ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting, and wealth beyond imagining could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown.
-
-
Good but the same
- By Reza Evol on 2021-06-17
Written by: James Rollins
-
Amazonia
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the world's most inhospitable rainforest - a former Special Forces soldier, scarred, mutilated, terrified, and mere hours from death, who went in with one arm missing...and came out with both intact.
-
-
Brain candy
- By Tai L on 2023-05-16
Written by: James Rollins
-
Subterranean
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Travel to the bottom of the earth...to a place you never dreamed existed. Beneath the ice...a hand-picked team of specialists makes its way toward the center of the world. They are not the first to venture into this magnificient subterranean labyrinth. Those they follow did not return....
-
-
Another winner
- By Karen on 2020-02-01
Written by: James Rollins
-
Deep Fathom
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find the Earth burning. Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earthquakes and hellfire rock the globe. Air Force One has vanished from the skies with America’s president on board. Now, with the US on the narrow brink of a nuclear apocalypse, Kirkland must pilot his oceangoing exploration ship, Deep Fathom, on a desperate mission miles below the ocean’s surface.
-
-
awesome
- By Dave Gravel on 2023-04-09
Written by: James Rollins
-
Altar of Eden
- A Novel
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: Paula Christensen
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A master at combining heart-stopping suspense and scientific intrigue, New York Times best-selling author James Rollins returns with a thrilling adventure like no other--a shocking story of cruel genetic experiments done in the name of national security and, most disturbing of all, tied to a secret history of the Book of Genesis.
Written by: James Rollins
-
Ice Hunt
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than 70 years. The twisted brainchild of the finest minds of the former Soviet Union, it was designed to be inaccessible and virtually invisible. But an American undersea research vessel has inadvertently pulled too close - and something has been sighted moving inside the allegedly deserted facility, something whose survival defies every natural law.
-
-
A Wold Ride from start to finish
- By Crystal Rivet on 2022-01-18
Written by: James Rollins
-
Pirate Latitudes
- Written by: Michael Crichton
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold.
-
-
Good enough but cliche. 🧐
- By SoulFood Wanderer on 2023-08-03
Written by: Michael Crichton
-
The Starless Crown
- Moon Fall, Book 1
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: James Rollins, Nicola Barber
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. Fleeing into the unknown, she is drawn into a team of outcasts: A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home. A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own. An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact—one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe
-
-
Annoying Narrator
- By E. A. Curran on 2023-08-13
Written by: James Rollins
-
Deadline
- Written by: Sandra Brown
- Narrated by: Stephen Lang
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dawson Scott is a well-respected journalist recently returned from Afghanistan. Haunted by everything he experienced, he's privately suffering from battle fatigue which is a threat to every aspect of his life. But then he gets a call from a source within the FBI. A new development has come to light in a story that began 40 years ago. It could be the BIG story of Dawson's career one in which he has a vested interest.
-
-
Narration was an issue for me.
- By Nancy on 2020-10-30
Written by: Sandra Brown
-
The Bone Collector
- The First Lincoln Rhyme Novel
- Written by: Jeffery Deaver
- Narrated by: Connor O'Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics - until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. But now a diabolical killer is challenging Rhyme to a terrifying and ingenious duel of wits. With police detective Amelia Sachs by his side, Rhyme must follow a labyrinth of clues that reaches back to a dark chapter in New York City’s past - and reach further into the darkness of the mind of a madman who won’t stop until he has stripped life down to the bone.
-
-
Good story-this version is better read than listened to;
- By ThrowerGurl on 2022-12-25
Written by: Jeffery Deaver
-
The Killer
- Victor the Assassin Series, Book 1
- Written by: Tom Wood
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Meet Victor. He's an assassin - a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He's given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He's The Killer. Victor arrives in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency - only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life.
-
-
Even at 1.5x speed it was torture
- By Mr Picky on 2023-03-31
Written by: Tom Wood
-
Ararat
- Written by: Christopher Golden
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Christopher Golden's Ararat is the heart-pounding tale of an adventure that goes wrong - on a biblical scale. When an earthquake reveals a secret cave hidden inside Mount Ararat in Turkey, a daring, newly engaged couple are determined to be the first ones inside...and what they discover will change everything. The cave is actually a buried ancient ship that many quickly come to believe is Noah's Ark. When a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, they discover an elaborate coffin in its recesses.
-
-
Meh
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-08-03
Written by: Christopher Golden
-
The Cradle of Ice
- Moon Fall, Book 2
- Written by: James Rollins
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 26 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
To stop the coming apocalypse, a fellowship was formed. A soldier, a thief, a lost prince, and a young girl bonded by fate and looming disaster. Each step along this path has changed the party, forging deep alliances and greater enmities. All the while, hostile forces have hunted them, fearing what they might unleash. Armies wage war around them. For each step has come with a cost—in blood, in loss, in heartbreak. Now, they must split, traveling into a vast region of ice and to a sprawling capital of the world they’ve only known in stories.
-
-
Cannot Wait for the next book
- By Dallymack on 2023-04-08
Written by: James Rollins
-
The Book Case
- A Short Story Featuring Detective John Corey
- Written by: Nelson DeMille
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"The Book Case" is a story that features Nelson DeMille's most famous (and successful) character, Detective John Corey, who has appeared in six DeMille novels: Plum Island, The Lion's Game, Night Fall, Wild Fire, and The Lion. In this story, we see John Corey in his early years as an NYPD Detective, before he became involved with the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force.
Written by: Nelson DeMille
-
City of Screams
- A Short Story Exclusive
- Written by: James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell
- Narrated by: Christian Baskous
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the haunted, war-torn highlands of Afghanistan, amid the ruins of Shahr-e-Gholghol, an archaeology team is massacred in the night. Sergeant Jordan Stone and his crack forensic team are called in to examine the site, to hunt for the perpetrators of this horrific act. But the discovery of a survivor - a child of 10 - will shatter all the team knows about life and death.
-
-
Very short!
- By Alchemist on 2019-11-22
Written by: James Rollins, and others
-
Harlequin
- The Grail Quest, Book 1
- Written by: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Thomas of Hookton is one of these archers. But he is also on a personal mission: To avenge his father's death and retrieve a stolen relic. Thomas begins a quest that will lead him through fields smeared with the smoke of fires set by the rampaging English, until at last the two armies face each other on a hillside near the village of Crécy.
-
-
Book two missing from series
- By Stephen Nordquist on 2022-07-14
Written by: Bernard Cornwell
-
More Better Deals
- Written by: Joe R. Lansdale
- Narrated by: Brad Sanders
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ed Edwards is in the used-car business, a business built on adjusted odometers, extra-fine print, and the belief that "buyers better beware". Burdened by an aging, alcoholic mother constantly on his case to do something worthier of his lighter skin tone and dreaming of a brighter future for himself and his plucky little sister, Ed is ready to get out of the game. When Dave, his lazy, grease-stained boss at the eponymous dealership Smiling Dave's sends him to repossess a Cadillac, Ed finally gets the chance to escape his miserable life.
-
-
bit of a wild ride
- By Lesli on 2023-08-24
Written by: Joe R. Lansdale
Publisher's Summary
An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum, and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.
Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for answers leads Kara and her friend, Safia al-Maaz, the gallery's curator, into a world they never dreamed existed. Evidence exposed by the tragedy suggests that Ubar, a lost city buried beneath the Arabian desert, is more than mere legend...and that something astonishing is waiting there.
The two extraordinary women and their guide, Omaha Dunn, are not the only ones being drawn to the desert. Former U.S. Navy SEAL Painter Crowe, a covert government operative and head of an elite counter-espionage team, is hunting down a dangerous turncoat and the trail is pointing him toward Ubar.
What is hidden below the sand is more than a valuable relic of ancient history. It is an ageless power that lives and breathes. Many lives have already been destroyed by ruthless agencies dedicated to guarding its mysteries and harnessing its might. The end may be at hand for Kara, Safia, Crowe, and all of the interlopers who wish to expose its mysteries, as it prepares to unleash the most terrible storm of all.
More from the same
What listeners say about Sandstorm
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Michele
- 2011-12-15
Liking James Rollins and his scientific mind!
My hubby and I listen to books while driving in the car every week-end (we drive 5.5 hours each way so we like something to pass the time!). We really LOVE Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child and have read all of their books so we were looking for a similar type author and seem to have found it with James Rollins!
James writes a few different books and many are in series, so if you are like me check online and read them in order (I prefer to read them in order)!
This book Sandstorm is the first in this series and we enjoyed it! James has a scientific mind and does get a little detailed in some of his description which is what my hubby loves and I am not as fond of it but he does do a good job without going too far in depth (for me)!
The narrator, which this is the first and only time I have heard him, was not as easy for me to listen to. He did a great job with each character having different voices and personalities but he did seem to have a little lisp or something when he said things with an "s" that was a little grating on my ears. I am hoping that in future books, if he is the same narrator that maybe things will be a little different!
I think that if you like Preston and Child and especially their Pendergast series, then you will probably enjoy James Rollins!
Enjoy!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
72 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Pamles
- 2011-12-02
Excellent Story so-so Reading
I thoroughly enjoy Rollins' novels, whether I read them, or have someone read them to me. The narration by John Meagher is, sadly, mediocre. In both this book and the one I am currently listening to, Map of Bones,Meagher mispronounces a bunch of words. Words that are not that difficult, such as "waning" (as in the moon), "limed" (meaning outlined), and metastasized, just to mention the three latest words, are routinely misspoken. He has a pleasant enough voice, but the errors are jarring. When a "reader" mispronounces words, I lose the thread of the story momentarily, as I wince and inwardly complain. Someone either needs to review his reading and correct him, or get another reader.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
48 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Kindle Customer
- 2012-07-17
Poorly Done
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Loved the book, hated the narration.
Would you be willing to try another one of John Meagher’s performances?
This narrator sounds like a 12-year old hissing into a tin can while hiding under a cardboard box. I've tried him twice and won't listen to anything else narrated by him, regardless of what book it is.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
44 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Lawrence
- 2013-06-02
Good enough to make me listen
This was a good story which will make me want the remaining books in the series. In my opinion the narrator left some things to be desired. I didn't like the vocal tone. It was almost as if he was whispering. He also didn't bother to get the proper pronunciation of simple nautical terms. Almost everyone knows that forecastle isn't pronounced that way. It's more like (folk-sle). I guess all my years at sea made me critical. It is worth the read though so I can recommend it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
40 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Pam W
- 2014-02-15
Supernatural meets science
My first listen from James Rollins, and I did enjoy the book, but did seem rather long. The book has it all, Sigma Forces, double agents, love triangle, supernatural beings and a whole lot of nuclear physics. I can't verify just how much of the science lesson is true, but it did get a little overwhelming for me at times. (The author did have a note at the end of the book to separate some fact from fiction). The book is loaded with puzzle solving through the characters that reminded me of a Scooby Doo episode for some reason. (Couldn't figure out if that was the author's fault or the way the narrator was presenting the info) For most of it, it's a fast paced life and death game between good and evil that makes for an interesting listen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
17 people found this helpful
-
Overall

- Brandon
- 2011-04-26
Could be better
I would give this 4 stars if not for the terrible narrator. Often when someone is narrating a story the character will sound different than we would imagine them if we were reading the book. However, this was different to the point of being painful at times. The female characters were especially bad. The English accents were not good either. Nice try and fun story. With a better narrator would be much better.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
17 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Nathalie
- 2012-09-23
It's a race to the finish!
Mr Meagher's reading is flawless, however he does not seem to realize that this type of suspense story needs PAUSES to add to the overall effect. He is in such a hurry to finish the book that sometimes we do not know when a chapter ends. It is often difficult to absorb the story (considering audible listeners usually drive, cook, jog...etc. when listening!) because of excessive 'speed reading'. Please slow down Mr Meagher, not so fast!!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
14 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Compute
- 2013-05-21
Entertaining Read
What an entertaining read. This book was James Rollins through and through. Entertaining, captivating and a roller coaster ride throughout. It was a bit drawn out at times, but that’s Rollins. Overall a really good, entertaining book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
11 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- DENNIS
- 2012-09-17
and then, another astonishing thing occurred!!
A breathless adolescent sci-fi thriller.
Hey, what's wrong with that?!
It's OK at incorporating current "hot" science topics.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
11 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Patrick
- 2011-11-12
Too Formula
After reading several other James Rollins' books depicting Painter Crow as a a genious capable of anticipating his antagonist's every move, this story depends upon Crow's mistakes and his failure to see the obvious to create suspense. The formula that mystery authors fall back on when they are rushed to get out another novel is to make the villan seem invincible and make the hero fall for every trick, get out smarted at every turn until the final scene of the book when everything returns to the natural order. Good defeats evil. Too bad. Rollin's other books were much better.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
11 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Maren Zimmermann
- 2023-01-07
Magical storytelling
Sand dunes, ships, horses, vanishing women and danger! I fevered along and wished for some of the magic in my own blood! A marvelous start to the sigma series!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!