Badlands
Can an Ancient Evil be Contained? the Brilliant New Thriller from the Bestselling Authors of the Agent Pendergast Series.
1st Edition
Published on 3. June 2025
368 pages
978-1-0359-1571-2 (ISBN)
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling authors return with a scintillating supernatural-themed thriller. Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson investigate bizarre deaths in the New Mexico desert, but awaken an ancient evil.
In the New Mexico desert badlands, a woman's skeleton is found with two rare artefacts clutched in her hands: lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods.
Was it suicide... or sacrifice?
FBI Special Agent Corrie Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found in identical circumstances, they realise the case runs deeper than they imagined.
As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.
Reviews for Preston and Child
'Get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci
'Preston and Child know how to craft compelling stories that are both baffling and surprising.' Associated Press
In the New Mexico desert badlands, a woman's skeleton is found with two rare artefacts clutched in her hands: lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods.
Was it suicide... or sacrifice?
FBI Special Agent Corrie Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found in identical circumstances, they realise the case runs deeper than they imagined.
As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.
Reviews for Preston and Child
'Get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci
'Preston and Child know how to craft compelling stories that are both baffling and surprising.' Associated Press
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-0359-1571-2 (9781035915712)
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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.
Together, they write international #1 bestselling thrillers, including the Agent Pendergast adventures.
Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File newsletter at PrestonChild.com.
Visit www.facebook.com/PrestonandChild
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.
Together, they write international #1 bestselling thrillers, including the Agent Pendergast adventures.
Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File newsletter at PrestonChild.com.
Visit www.facebook.com/PrestonandChild
