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Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged)
Relic - Pendergast, Bk 1 - Bookcassette - Unabridged
Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, David Colacci (Narrator)
Archeologists in the Amazon Basin are savagely massacred and all that survives is a solitary box of relics. This same box begins a circuitous journey from boat to boat, from port to port and ends up a battered delivery to the New York Museum of Natural History only to be relegated to a locked basement and forgotten. — Only the black heart of the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781561006052
ISBN-10: 156100605X
Publication Date: 2/1/1995
Edition: Multitrack
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Bookcassette
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
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reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 240 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Really scary. An ancient relic goes to the dark halls of the NY Museum of Natural History from South America. Creepy, scary, NO PLACE FOR THE SQUEAMISH READER. This has it all.
WestofMars avatar reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 162 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
I loved this creepy tale of the underbelly of a museum. Maybe too much; I haven't been to the Carnegie since I read it 'cause I'm afraid of what's lurking in there!
daedelys avatar reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 1218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This was a great book. It's been years since I've seen the movie, so I only remembered bits and pieces and a lot was as it happened in the book. (I'll have to watch the movie again now just for old times' sake.) I didn't find it too scary, since it takes a lot to freak me out, but the suspense was really good and the storyline wonderful. I liked the character Pendergast, but noticed he wasn't in the cast for the movie when I IMDBed it to get a "visual" of the main characters. I was hooked into the book early and am looking forward to reading the sequel.
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 74 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
EXCELLENT - great start for Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston. You get to meet Pendergast, who is the protagonist in several following books. After you read this, you have to read RELIQUARY. Sometimes you may see the two listed together as RELIC/RELIQUARY, but they are 2 separate books.
WestofMars avatar reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 162 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This was my first Preston/Child book, and I loved it. Deep, dark, spooky... somehow implausible, yet I found that the next time I was in the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History, I was eyeballing dark corridors and elevators a little more closely than before...

Pendergast is a very real character, as are almost all of the folk who populate this novel. Yeah, there are a few whose deaths inspire cheers, but overall, you're pulling for the good guys to win.

Make sure you check out Reliquary, the sequel, once you've read this one.
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portabellopig avatar reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 40 more book reviews
Smart rollercoaster ride captured in a book. Some of it is definitely over-the-top sensational, but mad fun none the less.
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 107 more book reviews
Imaginative, fast-paced thriller that will have you gasping for breath.
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 189 more book reviews
Love this Agent Pendergast 'series'!
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 171 more book reviews
GOOD HORROR THRILLER
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 636 more book reviews
Wow! What an exciting book! What a thrilling mystery! I really enjoyed this book and I am just so excited that this is a whole new series to be read! It is always just so exciting to find a new mystery series! I am not at all surprised that this was made into a movie. I am very curious to see this movie and see how they translated this book onto the silver screen. I am looking forward to seeing it, as well as to reading the sequel!
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 215 more book reviews
Sucked me in from the beginning. Enough of a thriller to keep the pages turning, yet I wasn't completely frightened. The scientific explanation at the end was a bit like-what?? But, I enjoyed meeting the characters, Margo, D'Agosta, Pendergast. The Creature gave me enough bad dreams that I had to finish the book during the day! A worthy read of someone wanting a quick thriller.
roundzoom avatar reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 8 more book reviews
This was my first experience with Preston and Childs and I was quite pleased. The book was a great read...quite suspenseful with great characters and enough twists to make it hard to put down each night. I highly recommend and will certainly pick up more of their books.
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 33 more book reviews
Interesting book, the heirchy and politics of New York museums and police add to the tension
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 3 more book reviews
Great book. Not what I expected. I guess I expected to get to know Pendergast a bit. Maybe in the next books? Guess I'll have to read to find out. It was fascinating to read about this huge museum. I'd love to try to map it out and explore the non public parts.
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 55 more book reviews
The first book by the duo Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and it was a great start to their series of incredible books!

It itroduces you to Agent Pendergast who is a recurring figure through their works, and an incredible character. He's intelligent, quick-thinking, SOUTHERN with an accent, and has the oddest and most varied tastes!

The setting in a large natural history museum in New York is amazing. It is described wonderfully so you really can imagine the long hallways packed with oversized dino bones and drawers upon drawers of maps and records.

I totally reccomend starting with this book, and then reading through all the works created by Preston and Child!
reviewed Relic (Pendergast, Bk 1) (Bookcassette) (Unabridged) on + 3 more book reviews
What a great book with a shocking ending! I loved the museum setting and the characters were great.

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