The Book of the Dead (novel)

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The Book of the Dead

Author	Douglas Preston Lincoln Child
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Diogenes Trilogy
Genre(s)	Thriller
Publisher	Vision
Publication date	July 1, 2007
Media type	Paperback
Pages	640
ISBN	ISBN 0-446-61850-0
Preceded by	Dance of Death
Followed by	The Wheel of Darkness

The Book of the Dead {ISBN 0-446-57698-0} is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It is the third and final installment to the trilogy concentrating on FBI Special Agent Aloysius X. L. Pendergast and his relationship with Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta in their pursuit to stop Pendergast's brother, Diogenes.

Preston and Child call these books the Diogenes trilogy. The three books in the trilogy start with Brimstone in 2004 and continue with Dance of Death in 2005. This final book was released on May 30, 2006 and has been on The New York Times Best Seller List, reaching as high as #4 on the list.

[edit] Sequel

Though this novel ends the trilogy, Agent Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, appear next in the novel The Wheel of Darkness which picks up very shortly following the events depicted here.

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v • d • e Works by Douglas Preston and/or Lincoln Child

Novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child featuring Agent Pendergast:	Relic (1995) • Reliquary (1997) • The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002) • Still Life with Crows (2003) • Brimstone (2004) • Dance of Death (2005) • The Book of the Dead (2006) • The Wheel of Darkness (2007) • Cemetery Dance (2008) •

Other novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child:	Mount Dragon (1996) • Riptide (1998) • Thunderhead (1999) • The Ice Limit (2000) •

Solo works by Douglas Preston:	Jennie (1994) • The Codex (2004) • Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005) • Blasphemy (2008) •

Solo works by Lincoln Child:	Utopia (2002) • Death Match (2004) • Deep Storm (2007) • Terminal Freeze (2009) •

Works by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi:	The Monster of Florence (2008)