Relic (Pendergast, #1)

Posted on 24 March 2018 by Douglas Preston

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum s dark hallways and secret rooms Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be humanBut the museum s directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who or what is doing the killing But can she do it in time to stop the massacre Best Download [ Relic (Pendergast, #1) ] by [ Douglas Preston ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Sometimes I really want a hot dog.I don t care that it s filled with crunchy bits of pig hoofs or that it s encased in a horse s transverse colon or even that it will provide enough sodium to last me for the next 75 years I just want to bite into that thick, juicy tube o meat and let the uniquely succulent flavor of indulgence course through my veins even as it drips greasy trails of superfluous yumminess down my chin That s kind of how I feel about thrillers I don t read them all the time, Sometimes I really want a hot dog.I don t care that it s filled with crunchy bits of pig hoofs or that it s encased in a horse s transverse colon or even that it will provide enough sodium to last me for the next 75 years I just wa...Have you ever read a book that was so intense and absorbing in some areas you were reading so fast, and you thought, did I read all of that part This is one of those books.I have to thank Matthew for his recommendation on this one.This was an enjoyable thriller read for me Since I had worked before in an Art Museum as security personal and then curator, I could place myself in that atmosphere.It was a great thriller with different twists I can t wait to readfrom these authorsThis is Have you ever read a book that was so intense and absorbing in some areas you were reading so fast, and you thought, did I read all of that part This is one of those books.I have to thank Matthew for his recommendation on this one.This was an enjoyable thriller read for me Since I had worked before in an Art Museum as security personal and then curator, I could p...This is another book series of books I was introduced to by my late wife we were married 34 years before she passed so there were quite a few books we ended up sharing, sometimes to the surprise of each of us I introduced her to things like epic fantasy she introed me to things like, well Preston Child or Koontz I am surprised not only that I liked it them but that I decided to give it 4 stars This is a surprisingly absorbing read and the Pendergast character while he could have ended This is another book series of books I was introduced to by my late wife we were married 34 years before she passed so there were quite a few books we ended up sharing, sometimes to the surprise of each of us I introduced her to things like epic fantasy she introed me to things like, well Preston Child or Koontz I am surprised not only that I liked it th...Every sixty to seventy million years or so, life starts getting very well adapted to its environment Too well adapted, perhaps There is a population explosion of the successful life forms Then, suddenly a new species appears out of the blue It is almost always a predatory creature, a killing machine It tears through the host population, killing, feeding, multiplying Slowly at first, then ever faster Thehas always been an attractive source for exploration for the scientific commu Every sixty to seventy million years or so, life starts getting very... RelicSome thoughts.Now, this isn t really a review, simply because too much time has passed since I actually read the novel to form any objective and cohesive opinion on its literary merit What I would like to focus on is what remained with me.I m sticking to my original rating This novel is one of the few that my wife and I still discuss on a rather regular basis, even after all this time Relic ticked quite a few of the right boxes Such as 1 Atmospheric setting In this case, the museum RelicSome thoughts.Now, this isn t really a review, simply because too much time has passed since I actually read the novel to form any objective and cohesive opinion on its literary merit What I would like to focus on is what remained with me.I m sticking to my original rating This novel is one of the few that my wife and I still discuss on a rather regular basis, even after all this time Relic ticked quite a few of the right boxes Such as 1 Atmospheric setting In this case, the museum When night falls, the museum itself becomes a character in the story creepy as all hell 2 Interesting protagonist Even though Aloysius Pendergast was still sharing the lea...I loved Relic and definitely plan to readbooks in this series Relic was entertaining and suspenseful from the beginning to the end It was totally riveting and the tension just builds and builds I literally could not keep turning the pages fast enough.What I loved about it The creature was intelligent, cunning and scary enough to freak you out And the mystery behind the origin of the creature was...3.5 stars rounded up because I liked the characters.Well I started this in 2016, so it counts Bahahaha Slammed the last 40% last night when I got home most of it and finished the Epilogue this morning Woof Talk about action and pacing and that revelation in the last few pages Yikes Starting this, I felt like I was reading a Jurassic Park knockoff Not in a bad way, but it was all super sciencey and talked about a prehistoric creature from theThe museum setting was fantasti 3.5 stars rounded up because I liked the characters.Well I started this in 2016, so it counts Bahahaha Slammed the last 40% last night when I got home most of it and finished the Epilogue this morning Woof Talk about action and pacing and that revela...A good mix of science and suspense Reminds me of Michael Crichton Very thrilling lots of good twists that I did not see coming.I ll be damned This silly book turned out to be one big, over the top, cheesy, load of fun I enjoyed it quite a bit I ve read some reviews where people called The Relic a mystery horror and I guess in some ways it is but I tend to look at it as a crazy, disaster, monster film If you took The Position Adventure, threw in a furry, brain eating, velociraptor, and then had a total nincompoop in charge of the rescue mission that would be this book Yes it s that crazy There are lots of WTF I ll be damned This silly book turned out to be one big, over the top, cheesy, load of fun I enjoyed it quite a bit I ve read some reviews where people called The Relic a mystery horror and I guess in some ways it is but I tend to look at it as a crazy, disaster, monster film If you took The Position Adventure, threw in a furry, brain eating, velociraptor, and then had a total nincompoop in charge of the rescue mission that would be this book Yes it s that crazy There are lots of WTF moments Were the characters one dimensional Hell,...I ve never rode a rollercoaster because am too chicken to ride one While reading this book, I said to myself,Is this is how a rollercoaster ride would feel The extent of thrill boderdering on horror What an adrenaline rush has been, this ride I mean read DEnough said I am off to read the sequel s.

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24 March 2018

Douglas Preston