Two Graves
After his wife, Helen,
is brazenly abducted before his eyes, Special Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across the country and into
Mexico. But then, things go terribly, tragically wrong; the kidnappers
escape; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his New York apartment
and shuts out the world.
But when a string of bizarre murders
erupts across several Manhattan hotels - perpetrated by a boy who seems to have an almost psychic ability to elude capture - NYPD Lieutenant
D'Agosta asks his friend Pendergast for help. Reluctant at first,
Pendergast soon discovers that the killings are a message from his
wife's kidnappers. But why a message? And what does it mean?
When the kidnappers strike again at those closest to Pendergast, the FBI
agent, filled anew with vengeful fury, sets out to track down and
destroy those responsible. His journey takes him deep into the trackless forests of South America, where he ultimately finds himself face to
face with an old evil that - rather than having been eradicated - is
stirring anew... and with potentially world-altering consequences.
Confucius once said: "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, first dig two
graves." Pendergast is about to learn the hard way just how true those
words still ring.
Lincoln Child
Lincoln Child (born 1957) is the co-author, with Douglas Preston, of such highly-acclaimed thrillers as CROOKED RIVER, OLD BONES, VERSES FOR THE DEAD, CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, and RELIC, the latter two of which were chosen by an NPR poll as among the 100 greatest thrillers ever written. He has also published seven thrillers of his own, most recently the Jeremy Logan books FULL WOLF MOON and THE FORGOTTEN ROOM. 26 of his joint and solo books have become bestsellers, 3 of which debuted at #1 on the New York Times list. He lives in Sarasota, Florida.
Pendergast
Pendergast consists of twenty-two books, and the series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
