Reliquary (Pendergast, Book 2)
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The Return of THE RELIC.
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RELIQUARY is the sequel to Preston & Child's break-out bestselling novel, THE RELIC. It has been a year an a half since the killings at the Museum of Natural History caused by the Mbwun. While searching the Humboldt Kill for a missing body, scuba divers recover two headless skeletons. NYPD Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta leads the investigation and fears that the headless skeletons and a recent string of unusual murders of homeless people might be connected. Soon D'Agosta enlists the aid of Margo Green, Bill Smithback, and Special Agent Pendergast to assist his investigation and figure out if and how the recent killings are connected to the Museum Beast killings a year and a half earlier. The situation becomes dire when the murder of one of New York's elite is linked to the homeless killings. The "mole people" and city's elite join to bring about a solution. Unfortunately, the problem is much more mysterious and dangerous than anyone imagines with the fate of not only New York, but possibly the whole world in the balance.
As far as sequels go, RELIQUARY isn't too bad. I really enjoyed reading more about Special Agent Pendergast and I found the factual information about the real-life mole people that was tied into the story to be fascinating.
Like most sequels, RELIQUARY reunites all the major characters of the first story for another grand adventure, including a new-mutated version of the Mbwun monster; previous allies betray their friends; and the overall story is a watered-down version of the original. Even though I enjoyed reading about the characters from THE RELIC uniting to fight a similar foe, the story seems forced and lacks some of the spark and originality of THE RELIC. That's not to say RELIQUARY isn't a good story, because it is. However, it's just not as good as THE RELIC. |
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