The Book of the Dead (novel)
- The Book of the Dead (novel)
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name = The Book of the Dead
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author = Douglas Preston
Lincoln Child
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country = United States
language = English
series = Diogenes Trilogy
genre = Thriller
publisher = Vision
release_date = July 1, 2007
media_type = Paperback
pages = 640
isbn = ISBN 0-446-61850-0
preceded_by = Dance of Death
followed_by = The Wheel of Darkness
"The Book of the Dead" {ISBN 0-446-57698-0} is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It is the third and final installment to the trilogy concentrating on FBI Special Agent Aloysius X. L. Pendergast and his relationship with Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta in their pursuit to stop Pendergast's brother, Diogenes.
Preston and Child call these books the Diogenes trilogy. The three books in the trilogy start with "Brimstone" in 2004 and continue with " Dance of Death" in 2005. This final book was released on May 30 2006 and has been on The New York Times Best Seller List, reaching as high as #4 on the list.
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Though this novel ends the trilogy, Agent Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, appear next in the novel "The Wheel of Darkness" which picks up very shortly following the events depicted here.
External links
* [http://thethunderchild.com/Reviews/Books/Fiction/Series/Pendergast/BookoftheDead.html Review on The Thunder Child]
* [http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2006/06-05-06.htm This Just In...News from the Agony Column]
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