Film rights optioned by Kennedy-Marshall Productions audio rights to Brilliance Corp. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are the co-authors of the Pendergast series of thrillers, including such bestselling titles as Fever Dream, The Book of the Dead, The Wheel of Darkness, and Relic, which became a number one box office hit movie. With its close-up view of museum life and politics, plausible scientific background, sharply drawn characters and a plot line that's blissfully free of gratuitous romance, this well-crafted novel offers first-rate thrills and chills.

Inside are thirty-six bodiesall murdered and mutilated more than a century ago.

Less horror then action-adventure, the narrative builds to a superbly exciting climax, and then offers a final twist to boot. by Douglas Preston by Lincoln Child In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. When the museum's director pulls strings to ensure that the gala affair takes place, it's up to a small band of believers, led by graduate student Margo Green, her controversial adviser and an FBI agent who investigated similar killings in New Orleans, to stop the monster-if the culprit is indeed a monster-from going on a rampage. But as the exhibition's opening night approaches, the museum may have to be shut down due to a series of savage murders that seem to be the work of a maniac-or a living version of Mbwun. Now, it is about to become part of the new Superstition Exhibition at the museum (here renamed the ``New York Museum of Natural History'').

A statue of the mad god Mbwun, a monstrous mix of man and reptile, was discovered by a Museum expedition to South America in 1987. A monster on the loose in New York City's American Museum of Natural History provides the hook for this high-concept, high-energy thriller. The Relic - by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Paperback) 8.99When purchased online In Stock Add to cart About this item Specifications Dimensions (Overall): 6.5 Inches (H) x 4.1 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D) Weight.

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