Summary: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Starless-Crown-Moon-Fall/dp/1250816777/"></a>This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome <a href="https://jamesrollins.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Rollins</a>, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Starless-Crown-Moon-Fall/dp/1250816777/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THE STARLESS CROWN</a>.<br> About <a href="//www.amazon.com/Starless-Crown-Moon-Fall/dp/1250816777/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THE STARLESS CROWN</a>: A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death.<br> Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts:<br> A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home.<br> A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother’s shadow and claims a purpose of his own.<br> An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact – one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe.<br> On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation.<br> But with each passing moment, doom draws closer.<br> About <a href="https://jamesrollins.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Rollins</a>: James Rollins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers. His writing has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold more than 20 million books. The New York Times says, “Rollins is what you might wind up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together.” NPR calls his work, “Adventurous and enormously engrossing.” Rollins unveils unseen worlds, scientific breakthroughs, and historical secrets matched with stunning suspense. As a veterinarian, he had a practice in Sacramento for over a decade and still volunteers at local shelters. Nowadays, Rollins shares his home up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with his two golden retrievers, Echo and Duncan. He also enjoys scuba diving, spelunking, kayaking, and hiking. Of course, he loves to travel and experience new places around the world, which often inspire his next globe-trotting adventure.<br> This week’s picks:<br> <br> * James: <a href="https://youtu.be/tlvEVPSFuYk">Hades (Video Game)</a><br> * Tracy: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sheriff-of-Nottingham-2nd-Edition/dp/B0863QSLQ4">Sheriff of Nottingham (Board Game)</a><br> * Patrick: <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYb0FKQLsGIyPfQEAAAAM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peacemaker (HBOMax)</a><br> <br> Links:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesrollins" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">James Rollins on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/TracyATownsend" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tracy Townsend on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/atfmb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patrick Hester on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://www.patreon.com/functionalnerds?ty=h" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Functional Nerds Patreon Page</a><br> <br> © 2022 Patrick Hester<br>
