An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit...
His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime...
A young woman with an extraordinary past, on the edge of a violet breakdown...
An ancient Egyptian tomb with an enigmatic curse, about to unveiled at a celebrity-studded New Your gala..

Fast and page turner thriller right up to the last page

Fantastic book! Kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole, extremely long, but never boring book.

This book has both Pendergast and his psychotic brother in it. Loved it.

A great ending to the trilogy! Can't wait for the next Pendergast novel!

a continuation of the Agent Pendergast series. If you enjoyed the others, you will enjoy this one. It kept me up at night trying to read just one more chapter!

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loved it, loved it, loved it & feel in love with the authors, too!

I almost did not finish this. Probably shouldn't have!

I'd read a shopping list if these two fellows wrote it!! Have read every book they've written, love 'em all! Here's The Book of the Dead, another wonderfully written n quick paced Agent Pendergast mystery. Terrific reading, most recommended!

AWESOME CAN'T WAIT FOR A SEQUEL FOR THIS BOOK THERE HAS TO BE ONE

A typically outstanding Preston/Childs novel, August 13, 2006
Reviewer: Matthew A. Bille (Colorado Springs, CO United States)

Preston and Child's wrap up the "Pendergast trilogy" with an addictive novel that shows all their strengths: complex plotting; interesting people and backgrounds; and, a rare gift, the ability to layer in fascinating detail without slowing the pace of the story.
As a science and history writer, I know something about the effort that good research demands, and the work displayed here makes my head hurt just thinking about it. From the look of exotic locales to the details of making your own explosives, there is something for every reader to learn here while enjoying the well-paced, absorbing story.
There are always quibbles. I would have preferred that Agent Pendergast's brother/adversary, Diogenes, meet an unambiguous death rather than a "fell-over-the-cliff" demise that reminds me of Sherlock Holmes' plunge over the falls. And when the museum was setting up for its big gala, I kept waiting for some character to object, reminding everyone how terrible things went the last time they threw a big gala (in the novel Relic).
These are minor objections, though. When I started this novel, I was literally unable to put it down until it was done. Preston and Child have indeed done it again.

Bestsellers Preston and Child have come up with another gripping, action-packed page-turner in this concluding volume to a trilogy pitting their Holmesian hero, FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, against his Mycroft-turned-Moriarty—his younger brother, Diogenes. Picking up shortly after the events of 2005's Dance of Death, the book opens with the arrival of a package of fine dust at the Museum of Natural History; Diogenes has returned the diamonds he stole earlier. Meanwhile, Aloysius is in prison, having been framed for a number of murders. As his friends plot to spring him, his adversary lays the groundwork for a crowning criminal achievement. A mysterious benefactor funds the restoration of an ancient Egyptian tomb at the museum, but the work is beset by the mayhem Preston and Child's readers have come to expect—gory murders and suggestions of the supernatural. This entry, tying up many loose ends from its predecessors, is less likely to work as well for first-time readers, but followers of Aloysius Pendergast's previous exploits will find it a satisfying read with a tantalizing, ominous twist at the end.
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