Book 8 in the Agent Pendergast series
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2007)
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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A luxury ocean liner on its maiden voyage across the North Atlantic, awash in wealth and decadence…
An ancient Tibetan box, its contents unknown, sealed with a terrifying warning…
An FBI agent destined to confront what he fears most–himself…
At a remote monastery in Tibet, a rare and dangerous artifact mysteriously disappears. Aloysius Pendergast agrees to take up the search that leads him and Constance to the maiden voyage of the Britannia–and to an Atlantic crossing fraught with terror.
A peculiar smell poured into the room, earthy, like rotten mushrooms. The air seemed to grow thicker, contract and lump into something denser. And then it started to move …
In a Tibetan monastery, Aloysius Pendergast finally wants to find peace, but the monks are stolen a relic that can become a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands. Pendergast’s investigations lead him to London and the cruise ship Britannia. The thief is on board with the relic – and shortly after leaving the port, the unsuspecting passengers of the planned luxury vacation are treated to a real hell of a hustle and …
