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1、THEJUDASSTRAINFromthehighseasoftheIndianOceantothedarkjunglesofSoutheastAsia,fromthecanalsofVenicetothecryptsofancientkings,SigmaForcemustpiecetogetheramysterythatthreatenstoendalllifeonourplanet—amysterythatgoesbackcenturiesintime.ButthischallengemaybetoodauntingfortheelitemembersofSi

2、gmaForcealone.Withaworldwidepandemicgrowing,DirectorPainterCroweandCommanderGrayPiercegambleonadiabolicalfoewhohasthwartedtheminthepast.Willthisenemyprovetobetrustworthythistime...oran-otherJudas?JAMESROLLINShasadoctorateinveterinarymedicineandhisownpracticeinSacramento,California.Anam

3、ateurspelunkerandacertifiedscubaenthusiast,he'lloftenbefoundeitherundergroundorunderwater.PRAISEFORJAMESROLLINS"Edge-of-your-seatexcitement."—SanFranciscoChronicle"ThisisCusslerandLudlumterritorywithadashofDanBrown."—PublishersWeekly"Rollinsisoneofthemostinventivestorytellerswritingtod

4、ay."—LINCOLNCHILD"Rollinsdeliversfantastictalesofactionandadventure."—BooklistNOTEFROMTHEHISTORICALRECORDHEREINLIESAMYSTERY.Intheyear1271,ayoungseventeen-year-oldVenetiannamedMarcoPololeftwithhisfatheranduncleonavoyagetothepalacesofKublaiKhaninChina.Itwasajourneythatwouldlasttwenty-fou

5、ryearsandbringforthstoriesoftheexoticlandsthatlaytotheeastoftheknownworld:wondroustalesofendlessdesertsandjade-richrivers,ofteemingcitiesandvastsailingfleets,ofblackstonesthatburnedandmoneymadeofpaper,ofimpossiblebeastsandbizarreplants,ofcannibalsandmysticshamans.Afterservingseventeeny

6、earsinthecourtsofKublaiKhan,MarcoreturnedtoVenicein1295,wherehisstorywasrecordedbyaFrenchromanticistnamedRustichello,inabooktitledinOldFrench,LeDivisamentdouMonde(orTheDescriptionoftheWorld).ThetextsweptEurope.EvenChristopherColumbuscarriedacopyofMarco'sbookonhisjourneytotheNewWorld.Bu

7、tthereisonestoryofthisjourneythatMarcorefusedtoevertell,referringonlyobliquelytoitinhistext.WhenMarcoPolohadleftChina,KublaiKhanhadgrantedtheVenetianfourteenimmenseshipsandsixhundredmen.ButwhenMarcofinallyreachedportaftertwoyearsatsea,thereremainedbuttwoshipsandonlyeighteenmen.Thefat