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=Book Summary= In the exciting eighth supernatural thriller from bestsellers Preston and Child (after 2006's //The Book of the Dead//), FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, seek peace of mind at a remote Tibetan monastery, only to fall into yet another perilous, potentially earthshaking assignment. The monastery's abbot asks them to recover a stolen relic, the cryptic Agozyen, which could, in the wrong hands, wipe out humanity. The pair follow the trail to a luxury cruise ship, where a series of brutal murders suggests the relic's evil spirit might already have been invoked. Fans of earlier books focused on a thinly disguised American Museum of Natural History may find less at stake among the new cast of secondary characters, but the fate of Constance, who claims to have aborted the child of Pendergast's villainous younger brother, remains a potent subplot. While not as frightening as others in the series, this entry still shows why the authors stand head and shoulders above their rivals in this subgenre. //(Aug. 28)// //-- Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.//

=About the Authors=

Douglas Preston, who worked for several years in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, is the author of the acclaimed nonfiction works Dinosaurs in the Attic and Cities of Gold, and the novel, Jennie. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Born in [|Westport, Connecticut], but now a [|New Jersey] resident, Child graduated from [|Carleton College] in [|Northfield, Minnesota], with a major in English. Soon afterwards in 1979, he secured a job as an editorial assistant at [|St. Martin's Press]. By 1984, Child would achieve the position as full editor. While in this position, Child edited hundreds of books, most titles being [|American] and [|English] [|fiction]. In 1987 after founding the company's mass-market horror division, Child left the St. Martin's Press to become a Systems Analyst at [|MetLife]. While in this position, Child's first novel, //Relic//, was published. He left the company a few years later to write full time. -- Wikipedia
 * Lincoln Child** (born 1957) is an [|author] of seventeen [|techno-thriller] and [|horror] [|novels]. Often paired with writing partner [|Douglas Preston], many of their novels have become bestsellers and one, //[|Relic]//, was adapted into a feature film. Child and Preston's books are known for their thorough research.