Excavation
Deep Fathom
Amazonia
Ice Hunt
Sandstorm
Map of Bones
Black Order
The Judas Strain
The Last Oracle
The Doomsday Key
Altar of Eden
Credits
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THE DEVIL COLONY. Copyright © 2011 by James Czajkowski.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Notes from the Historical Record
Notes from the Scientific Record
Part I - Trespass
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Part II - Firestorm
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Part III - Gold Rush
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Part IV - Wolf and Eagle
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Author’s Note to Readers: Truth or Fiction
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by James Rollins
Credits
Copyright
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