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- Authors: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- Thriller
- Publication Date: August 28, 2007
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Pages: 388
- ISBN 9780446580281
- Setting: Present day Tibet
- 12th novel by Preston and Child
- Features the fictional Special Agent Aloysius X L Pendergast
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The Wheel of Darkness is a fictional thriller written by Douglass Preston and is a sequel to the novel The Book of the Dead.
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Plot Synopsis
The Wheel of Darkness follows an FBI agent, Penderast, as he searches to recover a stolen Tibetan relic. His search takes him all over the planet including China, Rome, London and finally the Queen Victoria, a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean headed for New York City. -
Critical Reception
- "Through his skilled narration, readers will find themselves in perhaps the best Pendergast novel of all. Every library should have this in their audio collection; a great story presented by a great reader." - Joseph L Carlson, Library Journal
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The Wheel of Darkness Questions
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Douglas Preston
- Mahalo's Guide to Douglas Preston
- Wikipedia: Douglas Preston
- Bookreporter.com: Douglas Preston Biography and Interview
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Lincoln Child
- Mahalo's Guide to Lincoln Child
- Wikipedia: Lincoln Child
- Hachette Book Group USA: Interview: Lincoln Child (2000)
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audiobooks: Book of the Dead finished, picking up The Wheel of Darkness this weekend from the library. LOVE the library.
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I want to read: The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston - http://goodreads.com/review/show/87635247
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