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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN num: 9780812543261
ISBN number: 0812543262
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 480
Printing Date: January 15, 1996
Publishing house: Tor Books
Release Date: December 30, 2003
Sale Popularity Level: 6739
Studio: Tor Books
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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 human...
But 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?
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A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped?
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After the death of two museum visitors, the museum of Natural History calls in the Police, headed by truculent hard-nosed Lt. D'Agosta, also FBI Agent Pendergast, a quirky and unorthodox investigator from the south. What they discover? They believe a serial killer is on the loose- perhaps intending to derail the museum's new "Superstition" exhibit. What they don't know is something far more sinister lives in the basement of the museum. As the date of the exhibit nears, can the agents and a team of museum scientists get to the bottom of the museum murders before its too late?
I listened to the unabridged audio edition of Relic. The characters were well thought out, the monster interesting and the story exciting. I particularly liked D'Agosta and Dr. Frock. The monster itself was fascinating, and the museum was very cool as the background for this taunt story.
5 stars. Excellent.
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My buddy of mine turned me on to this book "Relic". Although at the time i wasnt a avid reader. Relic really pulled me in & by then i was hooked! It is a very entertaining read & would recommend this book to anyone. Just to let you guys know. Because of reading this book i am now an avid reader. I read all the Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child books without being disappointed!
Keep up the good work guys. Im waiting for the next!!
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How Hollywood producers could mess up what is essentially an action-packed thrill ride of a novel and turn it into a mediocre horror film with Penelope Ann Miller is beyond me. One of the authors used to work at the Museum of Natural History in New York, and the readers are treated to an insider's view of the museum and what goes on during and after business hours. This book still stands as one of their absolute best novels (although Cabinet of Curiosites and Still Life with Crows come close).
A monster is loose in the Museum of Natural History and scientists and police are trying to figure out how to stop it before a huge exhibition opens. The book introduces my favorite fictional detective, Special Agent Pendergast (who reappears in many of their later novels). He is a decorated agent with a genius-level IQ and Sherlock Holmes would probably fare badly when pitted against him.
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If you a looking for something to read at the beach this summer, pick up this book. The premise of the story is a discovery is made in the Amazon and everyone in contact with the discovery has been subsequently killed. The curse seems to have followed the crates to the Museum of Natural History in NYC and the bloodshed has begun.
I like the characters in this book. D'Agosta, Margo Green and Pendergast are well developed and carry the story nicely.
I borrowed this book from the library and it must be the original hard cover. The tag line reads this book is a combination of Alien and Jurrasic Park. While not as good as either of those tales, Relic is an enjoyable read.
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Even though I'm a huge Preston and Child fan I was hesitant to pick this book up only because I'd seen the movie and thought it to be rather cheesy. The novel is slightly different and offers much more detail and suspense. I was pleasently surprised. Not their best effort but overall a very good read.
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