内容简介
PastandpresentcollideinPrestonandChild'smostthrillingnovelever...WHITEFIRESpecialAgentPendergastarrivesatanexclusiveColoradoskiresorttorescuehisprotégée,CorrieSwanson,fromserioustroublewiththelaw.Hissuddenappearancecoincideswiththefirstattackofamurderousarsonistwho--withbrutalprecision--beginsburningdownmultimillion-dollarmansionswiththefamilieslockedinside.AfterspringingCorriefromjail,Pendergastlearnsshemadeadiscoverywhileexaminingthebonesofseveralminerswhowerekilled150yearsearlierbyaroguegrizzlybear.Herfindingissoastonishingthatit,evenmorethanthearsonist,threatenstheresort'sveryexistence.Drawndeeperintotheinvestigation,Pendergastuncoversamysteriousconnectionbetweenthedeadminersandafabled,long-lostSherlockHolmesstory--onethatmightjustofferthekeytothemoderndaykillingsaswell.Now,withtheskiresortsnowedinandundersavageattack--andCorrie'slifesuddenlyingravedanger--Pendergastmustsolvetheenigmaofthepastbeforethetownofthepresentgoesupinflames.
作者简介
ThethrillersofDouglasPrestonandLincolnChild"standheadandshouldersabovetheirrivals"(PublishersWeekly).PrestonandChild'sRelicandTheCabinetofCuriositieswerechosenbyreadersinaNationalPublicRadiopollasbeingamongtheonehundredgreatestthrillerseverwritten,andRelicwasmadeintoanumber-oneboxofficehitmovie.TheyarecoauthorsofthefamedPendergastseriesandtheirrecentnovelsincludeFeverDream,ColdVengeance,TwoGraves,andGideon'sCorpse.Preston'sacclaimednonfictionbook,TheMonsterofFlorence,isbeingmadeintoamoviestarringGeorgeClooney.LincolnChildisaformerbookeditorwhohaspublishedfivenovelsofhisown,includingthehugebestsellerDeepStorm.ReaderscansignupforThePendergastFile,amonthly"strangelyentertainingnote"fromtheauthors,attheirwebsite,.TheauthorswelcomevisitorstotheiralarminglyactiveFacebookpage,wheretheypostregularly.,,,