Douglas Preston

An exciting supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Preston and Child, featuring archaelogist and FBI assistant Nora Kelly.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes THE Agent Pendergast origin story - an event for longtime fans of the beloved series and for new readers who want to start at The Beginning.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes THE Agent Pendergast origin story - an event for longtime fans of the beloved series and for new readers who want to start at The Beginning.

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and Constance's greatest enemy. A desperate bargain is broken... Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life - but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. A clever trap is set... Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help--for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng's every move...and awaiting his own chance to strike. A vengeful angel will not be deterred... Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all...

FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene take a final stand against the deadliest serial killer in the history of New York: Pendergast's own ancestor, Dr. Enoch Leng. The latest thrilling timeslip adventure in the New York Times-bestselling series from Preston and Child. A desperate bargain is broken... A clever trap is set... A vengeful angel will not be deterred... Having travelled back in time to Victorian-era New York City to save her siblings, Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Dr. Leng, but she is betrayed and left incandescent with rage. Agent Pendergast is determined to assist Constance, who is now on a fanatical quest for vengeance. And Diogenes, Pendergast's brother, also takes a trip out of his own time, offering to help the duo for unexplained reasons of his own. Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, watching Dr. Leng’s every move and awaiting a chance to strike. But Constance strikes out on her own, intent on savage retribution. Yet Dr. Leng is one step ahead of everyone, and still has a macabre surprise in store...'Get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci on Preston and Child

Prodolzhenie serii o spetsialnom agente FBR Aloizii Pendergaste. Pendergastu predstoit vnov pomeritsja silami s davnim vragom - genialnym zlodeem Enokhom Lengom. V morozilnoj kamere Amerikanskogo muzeja estestvennoj istorii nakhodjat mertvogo khranitelja. A v drugom shtate zastrelen master, izgotavlivavshij kopii drevnikh relikvij. Vskore stanovitsja jasno: dva ubijstva svjazany. Poka kollegi spetsialnogo agenta FBR Aloizija Pendergasta zanimajutsja etimi rassledovanijami, sam on pogloschen drugim delom - delom, v kotorom u nego est lichnyj interes. Pomoschnitsa Pendergasta Konstans, oderzhimaja mestju, vstupila v srazhenie s doktorom Enokhom Lengom, bezumnym eksperimentatorom, chi podopytnye - zhivye ljudi. Vrag slishkom opasen, i Pendergast otchajanno ischet sposob pomoch Konstans. No vozmozhno li eto? Ved i Leng, i Konstans gorazdo dalshe, chem mozhno predstavit... Detektiv s elementami nauchnoj fantastiki v udobnom formate - legko pomestitsja v rjukzak ili sumku.

Preston & Child revelan uno de los secretos mejor guardados de la historia de los Estados Unidos en la nueva aventura de Nora Kelly: Qu ocurri realmente en ROSWELL en 1947? Tras su fulminante despido del Instituto Arqueol gico de Santa Fe, Nora Kelly acepta hacerse cargo de un proyecto financiado por un fil ntropo millonario: investigar el famoso incidente Roswell, donde en los a os cuarenta hubo un te rico contacto alien gena posteriormente encubierto por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Un examen pormenorizado de las im genes realizadas con un radar de penetraci n terrestre revela el escenario de un crimen cerca del lugar: dos cad veres sometidos a la acci n de alg n tipo de cido para dificultar su identificaci n y con un orificio de bala en sus cr neos, junto con un extra o artefacto de metal plateado. El hallazgo, en terreno federal, supone la entrada en escena del FBI y la llegada de la agente especial Corrie Swanson, que no tardar en descubrir que las v ctimas eran dos agentes de la antigua Uni n Sovi tica que operaban en territorio americano. A medida que Nora y Corrie profundizan en la investigaci n, surgen m s preguntas que respuestas, y una conspiraci n muy poderosa parece dispuesta a todo para proteger la verdad. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From New York Times bestsellers Preston and Child, archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson are tasked with the mysterious deaths of two people found at a site where a UFO allegedly crashed decades before. Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal--to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job. Nora's excavation immediately uncovers two murder victims buried at the site, faces and hands obliterated with acid to erase their identities. Special Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned to the case. As Nora's excavation proceeds, uncovering things both bizarre and seemingly inexplicable, Corrie's homicide investigation throws open a Pandora's box of espionage and violence, uncovering bloody traces of a powerful force that will stop at nothing to protect its secrets--and that threatens to engulf them all in an unimaginable fate.

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and Constance's greatest enemy. A desperate bargain is broken... Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life - but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. A clever trap is set... Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help--for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng's every move...and awaiting his own chance to strike. A vengeful angel will not be deterred... Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all...

In one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, more than a century later, a killer strikes again. In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City, a charnel house is discovered. Inside are thirty-six bodies--all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago. While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city. The nightmare has begun. Again.

Lukas Tappan, energichnyj i ekstsentrichnyj milliarder, predlagaet Nore Kelli uchastie v proekte, kotoryj ona - izvestnyj arkheolog, dorozhaschaja svoej reputatsiej v nauchnom soobschestve, - schitaet ne chem inym, kak konspirologicheskoj avantjuroj. Lukas finansiruet professionalnye arkheologicheskie raskopki na meste znamenitogo Rozuellskogo intsidenta - tam, gde v 1947 godu jakoby poterpel krushenie inoplanetnyj korabl. No zhiznennye obstojatelstva rezko menjajutsja ne v polzu Nory, i skrepja serdtse ona soglashaetsja. Edva nachav raskopki, Nora obnaruzhivaet dva trupa. Muzhchina i zhenschina byli zastreleny, im sozhgli kislotoj litso i ruki, chtoby uslozhnit identifikatsiju. K rassledovaniju pristupaet spetsialnyj agent FBR Kori Svenson, dazhe ne podozrevaja o tom, chto ej predstoit otkryt nastojaschij jaschik Pandory s temnymi tajnami i vstretitsja s temi, kto gotov zaschitit eti tajny ljuboj tsenoj.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, a jaw-dropping discovery of an Egyptian tomb opens up a slew of archaeological mysteries and deadly tales. Now in paperback with an EXCITING BONUS ADVENTURE What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? From the jungles of Honduras to macabre archaeological sites in the American Southwest, Douglas Preston's explorations have taken him across the globe. The Lost Tomb brings together a compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present.

El inspector Pendergast se enfrenta a uno de los casos m s extra os de su carrera en la fantasmag rica ciudad de Savannah, en Georgia, donde aparecen varios cuerpos sin vida a los que se les ha extra do hasta la ltima gota de sangre. Un robo fabuloso El 24 de noviembre de 1971, D. B. Cooper secuestr , con una falsa amenaza de bomba, el vuelo 305 de Portland a Seattle. Tras cobrar un rescate de 200.000 d lares se lanz en paraca das desde la parte trasera del avi n y desapareci en la oscuridad de la noche sin dejar rastro. Un crimen brutal Cincuenta a os despu s, el agente Pendergast se hace cargo de un extra o y espantoso caso: en la ciudad de Savannah han aparecido los cuerpos sin vida de varias personas sin una sola gota de sangre en las venas. Un crimen que ha recordado las historias sobre el infame vampiro de Savannah. Un caso nico Mientras el misterio de los cuerpos vaciados de sangre crece con el recuento de las v ctimas, Pendergast junto con el agente Coldmoon, investigan si los cr menes tienen relaci n con el nico secuestro sin resolver en la historia de la aviaci n norteamericana. Juntos no solo descubrir n la respuesta sino un mal sobrenatural m s all de todo lo imaginable. «Pendergast es un h roe peculiar, un Sherlock Holmes moderno . -Kirkus ENGLISH DESCRIPTION INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, GA. A fabulous heist: On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305--Portland to Seattle--with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night...and into history. A brutal crime steeped in legend and malevolence: Fifty years later, Agent Pendergast takes on a bizarre and gruesome case: in the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, bodies are found with no blood left in their veins--sowing panic and reviving whispered tales of the infamous Savannah Vampire. A case like no other: As the mystery rises along with the body count, Pendergast and his partner, Agent Coldmoon, race to understand how--or if--these murders are connected to the only unsolved skyjacking in American history. Together, they uncover not just the answer...but an unearthly evil beyond all imagining.

Was it murder... or something even more sinister?‘Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life.’ David Baldacci on Preston and ChildFifteen years ago, a group of young engineers took a winter trip to the New Mexico mountains. When they failed to return home, searchers uncovered a disturbing scene. The group’s tent had been slashed open from the inside, as if they had fled in terror. What could have been horrific enough to make nine adults risk their lives in a vicious blizzard? Despite a diligent FBI investigation, and the discovery of horrifically mutilated corpses, some of the expedition were never found – until now. Two bodies have been located in a remote cave, one bearing signs of a grisly end. The infamous case remains a job for the FBI, so Agent Corrie Swanson calls in archaeologist Nora Kelly to work with him on yet another macabre mystery. Will Dead Mountain shed its secrets – or live up to its name once more? The latest pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child, perfect for fans of Simon Toyne and David Baldacci.'Excellent.' Publishers Weekly'A first-rate thrill ride done in the indomitable style that has become Preston & Child's trademark.' Bookreporter