{"id":13177,"date":"2022-03-02T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=13177"},"modified":"2022-03-03T19:06:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T00:06:24","slug":"unrestricted-access-james-rollins-short-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2022\/03\/02\/unrestricted-access-james-rollins-short-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Unrestricted Access’: James Rollins’ short stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been reading and reviewing James Rollins<\/a><\/strong>‘ techno-thriller novels for several years. In addition to his stand-alone novels, he has his long-running Sigma Force<\/strong> novels and other works.<\/p>\n

\""Unrestricted<\/a>He also has written several short stories, and in Unrestricted Access<\/em>, these are all collected, along with a new story.<\/p>\n

The bulk of what is contained here are several tie-in short stories to his Sigma Force novels. In an intro to these, he notes that this trend arose a few years back, and several authors have done that. I’ve seen several Jack Reacher<\/strong> short stories, as well as a few from Matthew Reilly<\/strong>, but I’m not sure how widespread it it. All these stories are made available in ebook format, but not always in print form. I did like that with the Sigma Force tie-ins, they would be included in the paperback edition of the novels as a bonus. Some of the Reacher stories were, but not all. There is now a collection of those. But the Reilly ones haven’t been put out in print.<\/p>\n

So this collection has five Sigma Force tie-ins, plus a story about Joe Kowalski<\/strong> and how he joined Sigma Force. This had previously been in another anthology. Then we have a team-up story that has Commander Gray Piece<\/strong> from Sigma Force joining with Steve Berry<\/strong>‘s Cotton Malone<\/strong> that the two co-wrote.<\/p>\n

Another interesting series from Rollins, which he co-wrote with Rebecca Cantrell<\/strong>, is the Order of the Sanguines Trilogy<\/em>, which has a different take on vampires tied to the Catholic Church. Two short stories were created for the trilogy and are included here.<\/p>\n

Then we get two other short stories he wrote. One is about a dog being forced into a dog-fighting ring. The other is about street artists working to defend San Francisco from a demon.<\/p>\n

Finally, we get an original story dealing with Tucker Wayne<\/strong> and his working dog. They were introduced in one of the Sigma Force tie-in stories and a novel, then got two spinoff novels. I hope we see more of them. In this one, they are in the Sonoran Desert and get involved with a kidnapping that also involves the mysteries of the area.\u00a0 As with many of his novels, we get a piece explaining the history & science behind the story.<\/p>\n

Overall, this is a good collection. While I had read several of the works before, there were many I hadn’t. And the original story made it very much worth getting.<\/p>\n

If you’re fan of his works, check it out. If Rollins is new to you, this could be a great introduction to his writing, as you’ll get selections from three of his series, as well as some stand-alone works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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