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The Book of the Dead

By Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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| Hardcover | 9780446576987

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DESCRIPTION: The New York Museum of Natural History receives their pilfered gem collection back...ground down to dust. Diogenes, the psychotic killer who stole them in Dance of Death, is throwing down the gauntlet to both the city and to his brother, FBI Agent Pendergast, who is currently incarceratContinue

DESCRIPTION: The New York Museum of Natural History receives their pilfered gem collection back...ground down to dust. Diogenes, the psychotic killer who stole them in Dance of Death, is throwing down the gauntlet to both the city and to his brother, FBI Agent Pendergast, who is currently incarcerated in a maximum security prison. To quell the PR nightmare of the gem fiasco, the museum decides to reopen the Tomb of Senef. An astounding Egyptian temple, it was a popular museum exhibit until the 1930s, when it was quietly closed. But when the tomb is unsealed in preparation for its gala reopening, the killings--and whispers of an ancient curse--begin again. And the catastrophic opening itself sets the stage for the final battle between the two brothers: an epic clash from which only one will emerge alive.

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  • The Book of the Dead By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

    Hold on to your hats Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have a new, rocket-paced, cunningly convoluted, action-packed adventure that pits FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast against his demonic younger brother, Diogenes. As The Book of the Dead begins, an E ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - THE BOOK OF THE DEAD by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

    THE BOOK OF THE DEAD is the climactic conclusion to what is loosely referred to as the Pendergast Trilogy. As such, you would expect to have to have read the previous two works in order to have any idea of what is going on. No doubt much more could b ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Wed, 1 Sep 2010

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    A package of fine dust delivered to the Museum turns out to be their diamond collection, Aloysius sits in prison, framed for three murders and Diogenes sets his true plan in motion. As Aloysius' friends plot to free him, a benefactor funds the opening of an Egyptian Tomb at the museum. Mysterious de ... (continue)

    A package of fine dust delivered to the Museum turns out to be their diamond collection, Aloysius sits in prison, framed for three murders and Diogenes sets his true plan in motion. As Aloysius' friends plot to free him, a benefactor funds the opening of an Egyptian Tomb at the museum. Mysterious deaths begin to occur and they are somehow tied to Aloysius, Diogenes and their childhood together.

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