ROLLINS, JAMES (JAMES PAUL CZAJKOWSKI ) — The Judas Strain

New York: William Morrow, 2007. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060763892. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The paper used for the text pages seems to vary slightly from a creamy color to a darker tannish cover and have some spots that look as if they were towards the end of the paper roll. The dust jacket is clean and bright. "Rollins found the authors of the Doc Savage series inspirational as a youth and acquired an extensive collection of the popular 1930s and 1940s pulp magazine stories. [3] Rollins was fascinated by stories of the exploits of Howard Carter and his discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamun (King Tut) ; this true-life tale later inspired Rollins' novel Excavation, in which the main character, archaeologist Henry Conklin, and his nephew Sam discover a lost Inca city in the mountains of the Andean jungle that contains a treasure—and a curse. He also enjoyed L. Frank Baum's Oz series, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan novels, and C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. Additionally, he was inspired by Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, [4] whose works he used as a springboard for creating similar contemporary novels filled with what he refers to as "the three M's of fiction: magic, mayhem, and monsters"." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .