Books like Sandstorm by James Rollins

Dan Brown’s thriller follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu as they race through Paris to solve a murder at the Louvre, uncovering a conflict between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over a controversial religious secret.

White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton races to verify NASA’s meteorite that could reveal alien life, while a looming election pits her against her own father, Senator Sedgwick, and the incumbent president, Zachary Herney.

Richard Preston’s nonfiction account investigates the biology, history, and global impact of African hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola and Marburg, weaving scientific analysis with the stories of outbreaks and laboratory research.

Richard Hannay, a bored Londoner who returns from South Africa, is thrust into a high‑stakes espionage chase after a murder tied to an assassination plot, forcing him to flee to Scotland and outwit his pursuers.

A gripping thriller about a family dealing with their teenage son's potential suicide after a friend's suicide, with a twist of unexpected brutality.

James Rollins launches a high‑stakes thriller as elite covert operatives chase the stolen bones of the Three Magi across Germany, the Vatican, and the Seven Wonders, unearthing an ancient alchemical conspiracy that threatens humanity.

17‑year‑old Haley McWaid’s disappearance from suburban New Jersey thrusts her family, a determined reporter and a social worker into a race to uncover the truth and confront the hidden dangers in their community.

Set in 1837 Calcutta, an earnest soldier and a disillusioned political agent race to find a missing writer, only to be pulled into the sinister world of the Thuggee cult.

When her father enters witness protection, Kate’s idyllic life shatters. A year later, he’s gone into the blind “blue zone,” a murder surfaces, and the FBI is unreliable. Determined, Kate hunts truth behind a dangerous conspiracy.

As taken from the author website (www.jamesrollins.com): 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. Unable to comprehend this inexplicable event, the government sends Nathan Rand into this impenetrable secret world of undreamed - of perils to follow the trail of his vanished father...toward mysteries that must be solved at any cost. But the nightmare that is awaiting Nate and his team of scientists and seasoned U.S. Army Rangers dwarfs any danger they anticipated...an ancient, unspoken terror - a power beyond human imagining-that can forever alter the world beyond the dark, lethal confines of the Amazon rainforest for better... and for worse.

Former CIA operative Lemuel Gunn turns to private investigation in New Mexico, where a mysterious bail bonds case and a vanished drug dealer pull him into a tense, drug‑fueled thriller.

In 1914, a British archaeologist unearths an Assyrian palace on the brink of destruction by a Baghdad railroad while American geologists and other adventurers vie for control of Iraq’s secret oil fields.

In *A Gentleman’s Game*, British spy Tara Chace, the new head of Special Operations, turns her life into a weapon as she hunts terrorists in Saudi Arabia, facing betrayal, duty, and the ultimate personal stakes.

Seven Allied operatives parachute into war‑torn Germany to infiltrate a Gestapo castle and rescue a shattered U.S. general before he hands over vital D‑Day plans.

A covert thriller where a rogue submarine, hijacked by a former Iraqi assault captain, threatens U.S. naval supremacy, forcing an American admiral to unravel a plot that could alter international power dynamics.

A thrilling military adventure in space and on the ground, Strike Force combines geopolitical intrigue, high-tech weaponry, and a colorful cast of characters.