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Pendergast

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'Will leave you breathless' Lee Child on Preston and Child'Get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci on Preston and Child'Simply brilliant' Lisa Gardner on Preston and ChildAre you ready to enter the darkness? Discover the origins of Agent Pendergast...FBI Special Agent Dwight Chambers... Read More
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Pendergast

This gripping supernatural thriller in the New York Times-bestselling Pendergast series delves into the origins of FBI Special Agent Pendergast.

This gripping supernatural thriller in the New York Times-bestselling Pendergast series delves into the origins of FBI Special Agent Pendergast.

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'Will leave you breathless' Lee Child on Preston and Child
'Get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci on Preston and Child
'Simply brilliant' Lisa Gardner on Preston and Child

Are you ready to enter the darkness? Discover the origins of Agent Pendergast...

FBI Special Agent Dwight Chambers has lost everything. His partner, his wife, and his footing at the Bureau. Now, heโ€™s been assigned to mentor a new recruit who just might be the final nail in his coffin.

A.X.L. Pendergast is an enigmatic young agent with a complicated past. His recklessness soon drags Chambers into chaos and gets them both suspended.

For Pendergast, this is a chance to investigate a peculiar murder in Mississippi. With Chambers grudgingly in tow, the two agents discover a string of grisly, ritualistic killings that defy any known pattern.

Thanks to Pendergastโ€™s unorthodox brilliance, they manage to find the killer.

Then the true horror begins.

Whether youโ€™re a long-time fan or yet to discover the series, this chilling, gothic thriller about Pendergastโ€™s strange and shocking first case is perfect for fans of True Detective, Michael Crichton, John Connolly, and A.G. Riddle.

Series: Agent Pendergast

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035915668

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Douglas Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and National Geographic magazines, as well as novels and nonfiction works (such as The Lost City of the Monkey God).

Lincoln Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including such bestsellers as Full Wolf Moon and Deep Storm.

Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a 'strangely entertaining' newsletter from the authors of the international #1 bestselling Agent Pendergast adventures, at their website, PrestonChild.com.

Visit www.facebook.com/PrestonandChild

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