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The darkest and most terrifying Pendergast story yet.

After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead. The darkest and most terrifying Pendergast story yet.

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A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE .
After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead.

A SHOCKING RETURN
Sick with grief, Pendergast´s ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive - only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past.

AN INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT
Proctor, Pendergast´s longtime bodyguard, springs to action, pursuing Constance´s kidnapper through cities, across oceans, and into wastelands unknown.

BUT IN THIS WORLD, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS
And by the time Proctor discovers the truth, a terrifying mechanism has stirred - and it may already be too late...

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Preston, Douglas
Douglas Preston is one half of the internationally bestselling thriller writing duo, Preston & Child. In addition to his novels, Douglas writes about archaeology for the <i>New Yorker</i> and <i>Smithsonian</i> magazines. Douglas lives in New Mexico.

Child, Lincoln
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child are the authors of international #1 bestselling thrillers, including the Agent Pendergast adventures. Douglas lives in New Mexico, Lincoln in New Jersey.

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