Bloodline

This is an okay book written by James Rollins. Galilee, 1025. A cunning Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure: the Bachal Isu – the staff of Jesus Christ – a priceless icon that holds a mysterious and terrifying power that will forever change humanity if unleashed. A millennium later, Somali pirates hijack a yacht off the coast of the Horn of Africa, kidnapping a young pregnant American woman and brutally killing her husband. Painter Crowe and his SIGMA team are enlisted for the top secret rescue mission. The kidnapped woman is Amanda Gant-Bennett, the daughter of U.S. president James Gant.

This is the 8th novel in the SIGMA Force series.