- The Wheel of Darkness
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name = The Wheel of Darkness
title_orig =
translator =
author =Douglas Preston ,Lincoln Child
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country =United States
language = English
series =
genre = Thriller
publisher =Grand Central Publishing
release_date =August 28 ,2007
media_type =Paperback
pages = 400
isbn = ISBN 0-446-58141-0
preceded_by = The Book of the Dead
followed_by = Cemetery Dance"The Wheel of Darkness" {ISBN 0-446-58141-0} is a
2007 novel byDouglas Preston andLincoln Child .Plot summary
This novel picks up shortly following the events depicted in "The Book of the Dead".
Agent Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, are studying inTibet withBuddhist monks ; they are recuperating from the events depicted in the novel The Book of the Dead. An artifact is stolen from the monastery, and the monks ask if Pendergast can retrieve it. Pendergast pursues the thief and artifact throughChina , Rome, andLondon . Eventually, he and Constance track the individual (who has now become a killer) to a luxuryocean liner which is headed toNew York City .Pendergast and Greene are thus left to identify and apprehend the killer and retrieve the artifact before the ship lands.
External links
* [http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/qa-douglas-preston-2/ Q&A with THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS’ Douglas Preston]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/14/scisurf114.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox Object E8 mentioned in the novell]
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