The New York Museum of Natural History is built over a subterranean labyrinth of neglected specimen vaults, unmapped drainage tunnels and long-forgotten catacombs. **And there's something down there.** When the mutilated bodies of two young boys are discovered deep within the museum's bowels, Lie
Relic
โ Scribed by Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Year
- 1995;1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Edition
- 1st mass market ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
When a team of archaeologists is savagely massacred in the Amazon Basin, all that survives are several boxes of relics and plant specimens. When the relics finally find their way to a museum in New York there are strange repercussions.
Review
"What might happen if a creature from Jurassic Park came to New York City." -"The Chicago Tribune"
"Wildly cool...Thrill hounds couldn't ask for a creepier environment...a thriller staged in the world's scariest building, with no room for the squeamish." -"Kirkus Reviews"
About the Author
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are the co-authors of the Pendergast series of thrillers, including such best-selling titles as "Fever Dream," "The Book of the Dead," and "The Wheel of Darkness." "Relic" became a number one box office hit movie. Douglas Preston's solo novels include the "New York Times" bestsellers "Impact," "Blasphemy," "The Codex," and "Tyrannosaur Canyon." His most recent nonfiction book, "The Monster of Florence," is being made into a film starring George Clooney. Preston is an expert long-distance horseman, a member of the elite Long Riders Guild, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He has travelled to remote parts of the world as an archaeological correspondent for "The New Yorker." He also worked as an editor and writer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. Preston is the Co-president of International Thriller Writers, and serves on the Governing Council of the Authors Guild. Lincoln Child is the author of "Utopia," "Death Match," "Deep Storm," and "Terminal Freeze." He lives with his wife and daughter in Morristown, New Jersey.
Library : General
Universes : Pendergast [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780765359957
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