The Obsidian Chamber

After Pendergast is presumed dead from a supernatural encounter, his bodyguard Proctor is the only one who can chase a kidnapper across international waters and into the deadly unknown.
A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE

After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachusetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead.

A SHOCKING RETURN

Sick with grief, Pendergast's ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive--only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past.

AN INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT

Proctor, Pendergast's longtime bodyguard, springs to action, chasing Constance's kidnapper through cities, across oceans, and into wastelands unknown.

BUT IN A WORLD OF BLACK AND WHITE, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS

And by the time Proctor discovers the truth, a terrifying engine has stirred-and it may already be too late . . .

"The latest novel in Preston & Child's Pendergast series picks up from the cliffhanger-ending of CRIMSON SHORE and doesn't let up. The authors keep readers guessing... The crisp writing and exemplary stories are still in abundance in this consistently exciting and never predictable series."-Jeff Ayers, Associated Press

Douglas Preston arbeitete jahrelang am Naturhistorischen Museum in New York. Er verfasste mehrere Sachbücher zu wissenschaftlichen Themen. 1995 schrieb er gemeinsam mit dem ehemaligen Verlagslektor Lincoln Child den international gefeierten Wissenschaftsthriller "Relic", dem sieben Weltbestseller folgten.

Lincoln Child, ehemaliger Verlagslektor und Herausgeber von Anthologien, schrieb 1995 zusammen mit Douglas Preston den international erfolgreichen Wissenschaftsthriller "Relic". Seither setzt das Bestsellerteam mit bisher acht Romanen seine aufsehenerregende Zusammenarbeit fort.