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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. Read More
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… Read More
Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they cross paths with New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and now his greatest foe.AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Astoundingly, Constance has found a… Read More
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,… Read More
“The Angel of Vengeance” (Pendergast #22) is part of a quartet of books — the early “Cabinet of Curiosities” (2002) and numbers 20/21 of the Pendergast books, “Bloodless” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Leng.” In the previous two installments, there were also other investigations (that had brought Agent Coldmoon on as Pendergast’s partner), but this book starts (and partially repeats) where the last book and its cliffhanger left off. The authors have promised this is definitely the last part of the arc — Pendergast will apparently be freed in book 23 to take up a different case confounding the FBI.
I’m a solid fan of Agent Aloysius, but I ended up re-reading “The Cabinet of Dr.Leng” prior to jumping into this novel. The authors do an excellent job of refreshing your memory if you don’t do the same, but this is also not a book that could be a standalone. You need the complex backstory to truly enjoy it. Most of the narrative takes place in the 1880s and regulars D’Agosta, Constance, Proctor, Diogenes and the villain Enoch Leng all have large parts. It’s not just a Pendergast story and it is missing the usual police procedural (no Coldmoon, too bad) that’s been embedded in the previous
Preston & Child’s Next Agent Pendergast Novel Coming to Bookstores in August
On August 13, 2024, FBI Special Agent Pendergast returns to bookstores in Angel of Vengeance, the exciting new novel from New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child.
Agent Pendergast, who, even after twenty-two books, remains a fiercely popular character, first appeared in the 1995 novel Relic, co-authored by the prolific writing team of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Most recently, Pendergast was seen alongside Constance Greene in The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, which was released in January of 2023. That’ll create an almost twenty-month gap between books when Angel of Vengeance is finally available. Thankfully, with a story that’s said to pit Pendergast and Greene against the most dangerous series killer walking the streets of NYC, it sounds like Preston & Child’s latest will have been well worth the wait.
Check out the official plot details and cover art below.
Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against N
Pendergast Book 23
Set against the backdrop of atmospheric locales, from the sweltering heat of the South to the shadowy corridors of elite institutions, each installment in the series uncovers layers of intrigue, scientific wonders, and the uncanny. The series melds crime, horror, and psychological suspense with a deep dive into science, history, and the unexplained, creating a world where every detail might hide a crucial clue—or a deadly danger.
What makes the Pendergast series stand out is its blend of complex traits development and meticulously crafted plots. The relationship between Pendergast and his loyal sidekick, Lieutenant D'Agosta, is a key element that adds emotional depth, balancing the darker, more atmospheric narrative with moments of genuine camaraderie. As Pendergast faces his own demons—both personal and professional—readers are drawn into a multi-layered exploration of morality, obsession, and the pursuit of truth at all costs.
Every book in the Pendergast series offers new challenges, larger-than-life villains, and twists that keep even the most seasoned thriller readers guessing until the final page. The dark undercurrents of each story, combined
Welcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy. Stay tuned to see reviews of these books when I get a copy of them. For this latest Waiting on Wednesday post, I check out a fun and awesome upcoming thriller that sounds like a real blast, with Badlands by Doughlas Preston and Lincoln Child.
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Last year I had the very great pleasure of reading Extinction by Douglas Preston. An outstanding thriller set in a private nature park filled with cloned woolly mammoths and other prehistoric creatures, I was lured in by Extinction’s cool premise but came away deeply thrilled by how crazy and fun things got, as an unlikely group of antagonists caused all manner of over-the-top carnage I loved every second I spent reading Extinction, and it was one of the more entertaining novels of 2024. Due to this, I decided to keep an eye out on more books from Preston and was very intrigued by his next release, Badlands, which he has once again written with his long-time collaborator Lincoln Child.
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