The Wheel of Darkness, Douglas Preston
The Wheel of Darkness, Douglas Preston
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The Wheel of Darkness

Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrator: Rene Auberjonois

Unabridged: 12 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2007

Synopsis

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...

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is the author of more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction, more than twenty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He has worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. His first novel, Relic, coauthored with Lincoln Child, was made into a movie, and launched the famed Pendergast series of novels. His recent nonfiction book, The Monster of Florence, is also being made into a film. In addition to books, Preston writes about archaeology and paleontology for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and Smithsonian.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Alexander on 2009-04-21 15:50:19

I think meh says it all about this book, say it out loud.

Goodreads review by Sean

This book is calamari. Before I explain WHY this book is calamari, it’s important to note two things: 1) in a pretty spot-on demonstration of my poor taste, going back to Relic, I’ve elected to use food metaphors to describe each book in a series that usually features serial killers; and 2) I hate se......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

Well, if you thought Pendergast went odd adventures before . . . you haven't seen anything yet!  This is a book that as I try to review I fear that anything I say will be a spoiler.  When that is the case, I find a bullet point review lets me share my thoughts without giving too much away. - The book......more

Goodreads review by James

Ever since I began reading the Pendergast series written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, I find myself more and more intrigued with each one. The Wheel of Darkness is the 8th book in the thriller and suspense collection, and while not my favorite to date, it had a page-turning plot that unfold......more

Goodreads review by Paul

The passengers on this cruise certainly got their thrills! If it is true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then it's clear that Preston and Child are none too shy about expressing their unabashed admiration for Conan Doyle's hero, Sherlock Holmes. Just as Holmes struggled to the death......more

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