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At the gravesites of the original 36 victims, Pendergast burns the last evidence of Leng's discoveries of the formula to prolong human life, to Smithback's dismay and Dr. Kelly's approval. The Leng house is eventually turned over to Pendergast's ownership, where he enlists the help of a friend and researcher, Wren, to begin cataloguing the ...
Aloysius Xingu Leng Pendergast [1] is a fictional character appearing in novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He first appeared as a supporting character in their first novel, Relic (1995), and in its 1997 sequel Reliquary , before assuming the protagonist 's role in the 2002 novel The Cabinet of Curiosities .
The Washington Post said the book was "sophisticated," but had "the most convoluted plot [they've] ever encountered." [3] Publishers Weekly negatively compared the book to previous books in the series, and said that it "suffers from unimaginative explanations for the two crimes."
Reliquary is the 1997 New York Times best-selling sequel to Relic, by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The legacy of the blood-maddened Mbwun lives on in Reliquary, but the focus is shifted from the original museum setting to the tunnels beneath the streets of New York City. The book is the second in the Special Agent ...
The authors promised an actual sequel to The Ice Limit at some point, [1] and in fact Beyond the Ice Limit was published on May 17, 2016. In the novel The Cabinet of Curiosities , while exploring 891 Riverside Drive in search of Enoch Leng, Aloysius Pendergast discovers a large ruby red meteorite sitting on display.
John Tucker Must Die hit theaters in July 2006, earning $68.8 million at the worldwide box office. It followed ladies man John Tucker (Metcalfe) as he dated three girls from different high school ...
Still Life with Crows is a thriller novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, released on July 1, 2003 by Grand Central Publishing.It is the fourth novel (behind Relic (1995), Reliquary (1997) and The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)) to feature FBI Special Agent Pendergast as protagonist.
Diogenes seduces Constance, and the next morning, she finds a letter and a present from him. The letter mentions how Leng, her benefactor, killed her sister and other young people to further his research into life extension, thus also allowing Constance her long life. The "present" is a scalpel for her to use to kill herself.