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The Book of the Dead (Mass Market Paperback)

by Douglas Preston (Author), Lincoln Child (Author)
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Readers caught up in the two previous adventures of FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, will leap right into this audio conclusion of the three-part series by Preston and Childs. Smartly abridged, this concluding volume is read with a lively and literate excitement by veteran actor Auberjonois, who can capture a surly museum guard, a snooty curator and a shrewd villain (Aloysius's evil brother, Diogenes) in the flicker of a vocal cord, but who saves his most ironic tones for Aloysius himself. Even listeners who are new to the series will find lots of thrills and chuckles. Everything from priceless diamonds ground to dust to murder and bloody mayhem is treated with zestful underplaying by Auberjonois. But listeners who will probably most appreciate the extensive tying up of loose plot threads this time around are the ones who were there when those threads first began to unravel.
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The third in a trilogy, this title picks up in the middle of the story. Set, in part, in the American Museum of Natural History, where the tomb of Senef is reopened after 70 years, the story involves a villain named Diogenes, who plots murder and mayhem to destroy New York City society while Aloysius, his FBI agent brother, seeks to thwart him. Rene Auberjonois's melodramatic narration fits the convoluted plots perfectly. Both the abridgment and the lack of prologue bringing new listeners up to speed make the plot difficult to follow. However, the dramatic music adds tension to Auberjonois's enthusiastic reading. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dry as Dust, Dec 7 2008
By Jamieson Villeneuve "Author at Large" (Ottawa Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Things are jumping at the New York Museum of Natural History.



When a mysterious package arrives addressed simply to The Rocks and Minerals Curator, it sets off a chain reaction of events so stunning that no one could have predicted it. The package is leaking a small amount of brown powder that looks strangely like Anthrax. It isn't Anthrax.



It is diamond dust.



A mysterious criminal known only as Diogenes Pendergrast was kind enough to return the diamonds he stole previously; albeit not in their original form. Suffering in jail for the crime is FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. With Diogenes free to continue his spree of terror, he sets in motion his most diabolical plan yet.



Posing as a museum employee, he gains access to The Tomb of Senef. To counter-act the bad press from the diamond heist and their subsequent return, the New York Museum of Natural History decides to re-open an old exhibit long since closed.



The decision causes some outcry. There are some who say that the exhibit, a complete Egyptian tomb including sarcophagi and Mummies, is cursed. There are some who say that any who come in contact with the old tomb are doomed.



Diogenes plans to use this to his full potential to kill as many people as possible. The only person who can stop him is his brother, FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. There are those coming to his aid but they may be too late.



By the time he is released from prison, the whole world may be in jeopardy....



I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did. Being that I'm a huge fan of Preston and Child's books (especially when they write together) I really wanted to delve into The Book of the Dead and be swept away by a fast paced story line and a fantastic race against time.



That didn't happen.



Though the usual well developed characters appear in The Book of the Dead, and the plot has been thought out down to the last detail, everything just kind of fell flat for me. Characters that before seemed so full of life now seemed like nothing more than talking heads. The plot, which before had been planned to such perfection, now seemed silly and asinine.



I really wanted to love this book. In fact, I had been looking forward to it. It is the last in what is an unofficial trilogy, the previous two books being Brimstone and Dance of Death. Though many reviewers insist that you can read The Book of the Dead on its own, you can't. I found myself flipping through the other two novels so that I could remember what the authors were referring to in The Book of the Dead.



That's not to say that it wasn't a good book. It was. It just wasn't a great book. While a little flat and a lot dry, it's a good book to read if you've read the first two books and want to know how everything ends. Other than that, though I wouldn't waste your money on this one in hardcover and would wait for the paperback.



It's an unfortunate end to what could have been a fantastic trilogy. Don't take my word for it, though. It's still a good read, just not as good as it could have been. Here's hoping that, for their next book, Preston and Child try something new instead of dusting off the same old characters.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The End of the Trilogy - & of Diogenes? Well, Maybe..., Mar 24 2008
By NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
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The previous two installments of the Pendergast-Bros Trilogy had been found wanting - in both originality and density. The basic story did not seem to hold much substance and, thus, repeated dilutions and page-fluffing elongated a one-book story into a Trilogy.

However, this is indeed the best of the three. If not for anything but for the culmination of the story and the tidying of loose ends.

Of course this is not saying much: the can surely write; they can surely keep building the tension of a thriller without ever loosing their rhythm - but, let's face it: how many times are they going to redo THE RELIC? The Museum is so overused, every time they mention it we know someone is bound to get killed in some long-forgotten subbasement...

Let's hope they decide to do the long awaited sequel to THE ICE LIMIT they left unfinished.


PS:
***SPOILER***
Odds are we are not done with Diogenes...Not very imaginative (temporary) demise either: Arthur Conan Doyle had used it with Professor Moriarty and they are called "hidden cliffhangers" since.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good to have all the loose ends tied up, BUT. . ., Jun 13 2006
By Phil Gaston "the Gastonator" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of the Dead (Hardcover)
OK, this has been a fun little series but I am ready for new characters and new plot lines! The only reason for this one seems to be tying up all the loose ends, don't get me wrong I enjoyed it and considered it a must read, as will anyone has read the earlier books, BUT I hope the battle between the bothers is now laid to rest. Good read but not up to the level of "Cabinet" or "Crows." Oh yeah!
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