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US Mall 1 - Reliquary (Pendergast, Book 2)
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Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780812542837
ISBN: 0812542835
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 1998-07-15
Publisher: Tor Books
Studio: Tor Books
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Summary: Reliquary? Oh the horror!
Comment: Reliquary is an exhilarating sequel to the book, Relic. We find ourselves once again in New York, with Margo Green, Vincent D'Agosta, Agent Pendergast, and many more new characters, who meet up to solve a new series of crimes. A police diving team discovered two skeletons, both headless in a bay in New York. These headless skeletons trigger a massive investigation, to find out who, or what, did this. While the investigation goes on, the mystery deepens as more and more people are being found dead. Now, Margo, D'Agosta, Pendergast, and many more will have to work together and face fresh fears to find out, and solve, the cause of these mysteries.
I thought this was a great book, and that the authors, Douglass Preston, and Lincoln Child, really know how to crank out a murder mystery/ horror/ action novel that will make your head spin. This book is crammed full of logic that makes it seem like any of this could really happen. This book also puts you in many different perspectives, and you could look through anyone's eyes, and still be part of the story. There is not one single detail left out in the writing of this book, and once the action starts, it just keeps coming. Although there is a long period in the beginning, where not much seems to happen, it is vital, and small things that happened in the beginning will bring up major problems later and so forth. This book is also unpredictable. It's impossible to guess anything that happens, until it actually happens. I highly recommend this book if you're of a higher reading level, want a challenging read, and love any type of mystery novels.
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Summary: A macabre & exhilirating listening adventure
Comment: Reliquary is the sequel to Relic which first introduced us to FBI special agent Pendergast. This story picks up where the original story ended, but we are now drawn outside the halls of the venerable museum in which the first story took place. Now, we are taken below ground - deep below ground. We are introduced to a dark world, peopled with strange characters living in alien blackness. Outcasts from the world above, these "mole" people have fled the daylight to escape the trappings of traditional society, as well as societal injustice and inequality. But there's something else dwelling in the darkness with them; creatures from the Devil's Attic that prowl the silent darkness, feeding on them.
But the mole people aren't enough to satisfy their appetite. When the creatures venture beyond the boundaries of their underground lair and kill the daughter of a prominent New Yorker, Special agent Pendergast must once again become involved.
Assisted by his old friends at the museum, Margo Green & Dr Frock, as well his invaluable side-kick, NY police sergeant Vincent D'Agosta, not to mention the erstwhile journalist William Smithback, Pendergast and crew struggle to unravel the mystery without becoming the next victims.
Their adventure takes them from the most luxe and exclusive Park Avenue penthouse, to disgusting sewage drains, down a labyrinth of old, crumbling subway tunnels, to ancient & abandoned train stations - straight into the very heart of monsters' lair.
This is an excellent un-abridged audio recording of an old and favorite book.
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Summary: Another interesting Preston/Child book
Comment: I agree with most people that this book did not live up to Relic, but it is still a great story. It reads well as an independent book and the setting is very interesting below NYC. I think that it took a little bit too long to really get going, but when it did it was really strong.
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Summary: Reliquary
Comment: Preston and Childs books are just incredible! Very complex, full of ideas you've never been exposed to before (and at times, thankfully). I learn something every time I read one, and I Love Agent Pendergrast!
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Summary: Into the Deep ...
Comment: 'The Reliquary' is a sequel (of sorts) to 'The Relic', but you don't have to read 'The Relic' first to enjoy this associated but independent novel. It's time to get together again with Dr. Margo Green - Assistant Curator of New York Museum Of Natural History, Lt. Vincent D'Agosta - a New York City Detective, Agent Pendergrast from the FBI, Bill Smithback - crime reporter for the New York Post, and Dr. Whitney Frock - now retired Evolutionary Biologist and wheelchair bound.
It's been eighteen months since the Mbwun beast terrorized the Museum Of Natural History, when two skeletons are pulled from the Humboldt Kill canal (called The Cloaca because of its murky raw sewage). One is discovered to be that of wealthy debutant Pamela Wisher (a Paris Hilton type society girl), but the other doesn't even seem to be human. Dr. Margo Green is called in by the Medical Examiner to attempt to identify the skeleton. When the remains are identified to be those of Margo's old colleague Greg Kawakita, Lt. D'Agosta and Agent Pendergrast join her in her search to find out what Greg had been up to, and how his bones became so deformed. The answer lies in two places; the remnants of Greg's burnt out laboratory, and in the tunnels underneath New York from which the two skeletons were flushed from.
Margo's old friend Bill Smithback heads straight to Pamela's upper crust mother to get an exclusive scoop from her. Amazingly, she takes him in and obtains his help with her Take Back Our City campaign. He also manages a meeting with Mephisto, leader of the underground community called Route 666. Mephisto tells Smithback of a new group of "mole people" living deeper, below the Devil's Attic, that he calls "Wrinklers".
When Margo, D'Agosta, Pendergrast, and Smithback put their heads together, they discover a connection between the Wrinklers and what Greg Kawakita was working on before he died. They must unravel the puzzle before the city is torn apart by Mrs. Wisher's Tack Back The City campaign, the angry "mole people" who live far beneath Wisher's elegant apartments, and a police department under pressure to solve the grisly rash of murders. In order to do this, the four must travel deep below New York, into the subterranean tracks, tunnels, aqueducts, old sewers, abandoned stations, and once elegant private waiting rooms.
What really heightened my enjoyment of this book is that prior to it, I read an interesting non-fiction book called 'The Mole People' by Jennifer Toth. Written in 1993, she actually went into the tunnels and spoke with members of the underground society called "moles" or "mole people". In the author's notes at the end of 'Reliquary', Preston and Child also mention Toth's work. If you have the chance or are interested, read 'The Mole People' first and it will enhance what Preston and Child have written about the society in 'Reliquary'. It's just a suggestion, along with reading 'The Relic' first. Both books really augment the pleasure of reading 'Reliquary'. Enjoy!
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Summary: Reliquary? Oh the horror!
Comment: Reliquary is an exhilarating sequel to the book, Relic. We find ourselves once again in New York, with Margo Green, Vincent D'Agosta, Agent Pendergast, and many more new characters, who meet up to solve a new series of crimes. A police diving team discovered two skeletons, both headless in a bay in New York. These headless skeletons trigger a massive investigation, to find out who, or what, did this. While the investigation goes on, the mystery deepens as more and more people are being found dead. Now, Margo, D'Agosta, Pendergast, and many more will have to work together and face fresh fears to find out, and solve, the cause of these mysteries.
I thought this was a great book, and that the authors, Douglass Preston, and Lincoln Child, really know how to crank out a murder mystery/ horror/ action novel that will make your head spin. This book is crammed full of logic that makes it seem like any of this could really happen. This book also puts you in many different perspectives, and you could look through anyone's eyes, and still be part of the story. There is not one single detail left out in the writing of this book, and once the action starts, it just keeps coming. Although there is a long period in the beginning, where not much seems to happen, it is vital, and small things that happened in the beginning will bring up major problems later and so forth. This book is also unpredictable. It's impossible to guess anything that happens, until it actually happens. I highly recommend this book if you're of a higher reading level, want a challenging read, and love any type of mystery novels.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A macabre & exhilirating listening adventure
Comment: Reliquary is the sequel to Relic which first introduced us to FBI special agent Pendergast. This story picks up where the original story ended, but we are now drawn outside the halls of the venerable museum in which the first story took place. Now, we are taken below ground - deep below ground. We are introduced to a dark world, peopled with strange characters living in alien blackness. Outcasts from the world above, these "mole" people have fled the daylight to escape the trappings of traditional society, as well as societal injustice and inequality. But there's something else dwelling in the darkness with them; creatures from the Devil's Attic that prowl the silent darkness, feeding on them.
But the mole people aren't enough to satisfy their appetite. When the creatures venture beyond the boundaries of their underground lair and kill the daughter of a prominent New Yorker, Special agent Pendergast must once again become involved.
Assisted by his old friends at the museum, Margo Green & Dr Frock, as well his invaluable side-kick, NY police sergeant Vincent D'Agosta, not to mention the erstwhile journalist William Smithback, Pendergast and crew struggle to unravel the mystery without becoming the next victims.
Their adventure takes them from the most luxe and exclusive Park Avenue penthouse, to disgusting sewage drains, down a labyrinth of old, crumbling subway tunnels, to ancient & abandoned train stations - straight into the very heart of monsters' lair.
This is an excellent un-abridged audio recording of an old and favorite book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another interesting Preston/Child book
Comment: I agree with most people that this book did not live up to Relic, but it is still a great story. It reads well as an independent book and the setting is very interesting below NYC. I think that it took a little bit too long to really get going, but when it did it was really strong.
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Summary: Reliquary
Comment: Preston and Childs books are just incredible! Very complex, full of ideas you've never been exposed to before (and at times, thankfully). I learn something every time I read one, and I Love Agent Pendergrast!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Into the Deep ...
Comment: 'The Reliquary' is a sequel (of sorts) to 'The Relic', but you don't have to read 'The Relic' first to enjoy this associated but independent novel. It's time to get together again with Dr. Margo Green - Assistant Curator of New York Museum Of Natural History, Lt. Vincent D'Agosta - a New York City Detective, Agent Pendergrast from the FBI, Bill Smithback - crime reporter for the New York Post, and Dr. Whitney Frock - now retired Evolutionary Biologist and wheelchair bound.
It's been eighteen months since the Mbwun beast terrorized the Museum Of Natural History, when two skeletons are pulled from the Humboldt Kill canal (called The Cloaca because of its murky raw sewage). One is discovered to be that of wealthy debutant Pamela Wisher (a Paris Hilton type society girl), but the other doesn't even seem to be human. Dr. Margo Green is called in by the Medical Examiner to attempt to identify the skeleton. When the remains are identified to be those of Margo's old colleague Greg Kawakita, Lt. D'Agosta and Agent Pendergrast join her in her search to find out what Greg had been up to, and how his bones became so deformed. The answer lies in two places; the remnants of Greg's burnt out laboratory, and in the tunnels underneath New York from which the two skeletons were flushed from.
Margo's old friend Bill Smithback heads straight to Pamela's upper crust mother to get an exclusive scoop from her. Amazingly, she takes him in and obtains his help with her Take Back Our City campaign. He also manages a meeting with Mephisto, leader of the underground community called Route 666. Mephisto tells Smithback of a new group of "mole people" living deeper, below the Devil's Attic, that he calls "Wrinklers".
When Margo, D'Agosta, Pendergrast, and Smithback put their heads together, they discover a connection between the Wrinklers and what Greg Kawakita was working on before he died. They must unravel the puzzle before the city is torn apart by Mrs. Wisher's Tack Back The City campaign, the angry "mole people" who live far beneath Wisher's elegant apartments, and a police department under pressure to solve the grisly rash of murders. In order to do this, the four must travel deep below New York, into the subterranean tracks, tunnels, aqueducts, old sewers, abandoned stations, and once elegant private waiting rooms.
What really heightened my enjoyment of this book is that prior to it, I read an interesting non-fiction book called 'The Mole People' by Jennifer Toth. Written in 1993, she actually went into the tunnels and spoke with members of the underground society called "moles" or "mole people". In the author's notes at the end of 'Reliquary', Preston and Child also mention Toth's work. If you have the chance or are interested, read 'The Mole People' first and it will enhance what Preston and Child have written about the society in 'Reliquary'. It's just a suggestion, along with reading 'The Relic' first. Both books really augment the pleasure of reading 'Reliquary'. Enjoy!
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