A review by liberrydude
Crucible by James Rollins

3.0

I listened to the audiobook. 15 hours. Too long. Some of the science was unbelievable and stretching the limits of credulity but it was based on fact! Just another fascinating fusion of Catholic heresies and artificial intelligence taking over the world to become god-like. Obscure sects dating from the Spanish Inquisition continue to hunt for witches in the modern world while plotting to steal a next generation AI system to control the world by destroying it. Sigma gets involved but then has wives and children of its team members kidnapped by third parties who seek to have Sigma acquire the AI for them. Mostly set in Spain, France, and the USA.