Reliquary - (Pendergast) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Paperback)

About the Book

"Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation. Margo must once again team up with police lieutenant D'Agosta and FBI agent Pendergast, as well as the brilliant Dr. Frock, to try and solve the puzzle. The trail soon leads deep underground, where they will face the awakening of a slumbering nightmare..."--

Book Synopsis

From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child comes the second spine-chilling novel featuring Special Agent Pendergast

Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation.

Margo must once again team up with police lieutenant D'Agosta and FBI agent Pendergast, as well as the brilliant Dr. Frock, to try and solve the puzzle. The trail soon leads deep underground, where they will face the awakening of a slumbering nightmare.

Review Quotes

Praise for Relic

"These guys are masters at scaring the hell out of people."
--Tribune and Times (Tampa, Florida)

"Preston and Child's refreshing penchant for realistic detail elevates their tale far above Crichton's. . . . Containing just the right blend of gripping suspense, colorful characters, and credible science, Relic has all the ingredients for well-deserved bestseller status."
--Booklist

"Superbly exciting."
--The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey)

"This is a real page-turner, part Jaws, part Poseidon Adventure."
--Library Journal

"Jaws takes Manhattan."
--San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle

" Relic is a straight thriller. That's like saying, however, that Die Hard was just another action adventure flick or that Gone With the Wind was just another Civil War film. Each stands as a superlative example of its type."
--Orlando Sentinel

"Relic is as good as this type of novel gets."
--Hartford Courant

" A high-concept, high-energy thriller . . . Builds to a superbly exciting climax, and then offers a final twist to boot."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

DOUGLAS PRESTON has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which thirty one have been New York Times bestsellers, a half-dozen reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Yorker. He worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He is president emeritus of the Authors Guild and serves on the Advisory Board of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.

LINCOLN CHILD is a former book editor and technology consultant who, in addition to the numerous Agent Pendergast and other thrillers he has co-authored with Douglas Preston, is the author of eight solo novels, most recently Chrysalis, which features his bestselling series character, the "enigmalogist" Jeremy Logan. He lives in Florida.