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The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8)
The Wheel of Darkness - Pendergast, Bk 8
Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
FBI Special Agent Pendergast is taking a break from work to take Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and spiritual studies. At a remote monastery, they learn that a rare and dangerous artifact the monks...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780446618687
ISBN-10: 0446618683
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Pages: 504
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 237 ratings
Publisher: Vision
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 41 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
The Pendergast novels are fantastic. Each one is very compelling and complex with lots of action and suspense. This one was phoned in. Instead of the usual Pendergast and his big giant brain against the bad guys it is Pendergast meets the slightly strange supernatural B movie creature. It's only worth reading to find out about Constance and her further adventures. I will read the next one but I won't promise to like it.
reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 173 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Another intriguing tale from Preston & Child. Pendergast and Constance Greene reappear on a journey of self-discovery in Tibet, when they are sent upon a mission to save the world from a mysterious artifact stolen from the Buddhist monastery. Another page turner as their "case" leads them onto the world's most glamorous ocean-liner, headed for disaster.
reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 90 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This one was just as good as all the others, but it WAS slightly different....for one, we find that Pendergast has a weakness. In all the other books, he seemed to be made of teflon. But in WOD, we find that his defenses can be breached (but no worries). Another difference is that the bogeyman in this book doesn't have a natural explanation. In Relic, the "monster" turned out to have a scientific explanation. Perhaps not completely likely (I'm no scientist), but there was a natural reason for its existence. But in WOD, the monster seemed to me to have supernatural origins.

Whatever the case may be, I wasn't disappointed in this book, and I'm looking forward to whatever may come next!
Trey avatar reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 260 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Well, I was right - 21st century pulp. Aloysius Pendergast is back in fine form - a cross between a fine southern gentleman, one of the Holmes brothers and Doc Savage. Also known as "That albino sonofabitch." The plot revolves around a mysterious artifact stolen from a secretive Tibetan monastary that ends up on a super passenger liner Brittania making its maiden voyage across the Atlantic. We wind up with a cast of characters and suspects and things rapidly going from tense to really bad.

All, in all, not too bad. Especially for a dollar at the local friends of the library book sale.
CocoCee avatar reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 404 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I've read all Agent Pendergast novels. (This one wasn't one of my favorites. I think all three of the Diogenes Trilogy were.) The Wheel of Darkness kept me drawn in, afraid for Constance and the cruise passengers and personnel, intrigued of the mysterious deaths. I knocked this one out in two nights. Can't wait for the next adventure of Agent Pendergast.
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evelyn0309 avatar reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 84 more book reviews
I am a big fan of the Special Agent Pendergast books but found this book to be a bore. Gone are the insightful historical and scientific references, gone are the interesting secondary characters, gone is the suspenseful plot, and --most disappointing--gone is Pendergast being Pendergast.

I won't give away the ending but found the Golum-like obsession comically annoying. I'm hoping this volume is a temporary lapse (all series have them) and that the next book brings back Pendergast in true form.
singingmoon avatar reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 64 more book reviews
This was another fantastic Pendergast book. Love it.
reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 8 more book reviews
Enjoyable reading. Another great adventure.
reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 5 more book reviews
Whew! This one was a wild ride! Think Titanic on steroids. I highly recommend it.
Readnmachine avatar reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 1435 more book reviews
Didn't finish. Couldn't get into this tale of a pair of investigators trying to locate a deadly Tibetan artifact on an ocean liner. The lead detective is annoyingly Bond-like in his total expertise on everything, and his girl sidekick seems flat and uninteresting.
richdan avatar reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 6 more book reviews
Preston & Child are in that unique category I call mystery/supernatural. This one will not disappoint although some of their earlier books are more unique in plot.
oddfella39 avatar reviewed The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, Bk 8) on + 4 more book reviews
For my taste, not up to their usual standard. Slips in to the occult, which isn't my favorite genre..


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