Reliquary

The nightmare of the New York museum has been extinguished. Or is it? A year and a half after the horrific events at the Museum of Natural History, New York is once again experiencing something supernatural. The abandoned tunnels of the Underground Railroad are more dangerous than mere rats - and the homeless who seek refuge there will soon find out for themselves. When the first bodies are found in the mud, Agent Aloysius Pendergast is called back to the scene. The disfigurement of the bodies is chillingly reminiscent of the rampage of the monstrous Mbwun, a mysterious monster from the Amazon jungle. How is that possible? They did beat the monster last year, didn't they? The skeletal remains of Greg Kawakita, a budding biologist who, alongside curator Margo Green, was instrumental in sparking Mbwun's rampage. What has he been researching in his lab until recently? And why did he call her shortly before he died? Pendergast, alongside Ensign D'Agosta and Dr. Frock, is once again on the trail of... The second installment of the fantastic Agent Pendergast mystery series is once again full of twists and turns, novel theories, and a fun blend of reality and the paranormal! "This is Jaws in Manhattan!" - San Francisco Examiner "Messrs. Preston and Child are true masters of the literary discipline called scaring the audience!" - Tribune and Times (Missouri) "Agent Pendergast teeters between a Southern gentleman with a penchant for disguises and Sherlock Holmes, who perceives crime with an extremely developed sixth sense. Breathtaking and imaginative." - Reader's Lane "The co-authors have written the sequel with verve and panache. In particular, the depiction of the inhabitants of the underground elevates their thriller to a category all its own." - Chicago Tribune "An action-packed blockbuster!" - Philadelphia Inquirer