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Dead Mountain

By Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo, renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson investigate a mystery so enigmatic it may have no solution.

 In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing their eyes. The case, given the code name “Dead Mountain” by the FBI, was never solved. 

Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago—and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.

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“Meh. I think this is the last book I’ll read in this series. I usually love Preston & Child books but I’m just not connecting with these stories. I’m disappointed because I love that the protagonists are two young women. But I kinda don’t really like them?!? I think it’s because they are both young and make mistakes and are unsure of themselves. Maybe I was expecting Agent Pendegast levels of expertise. While both women are extremely intelligent, some of their actions are so frustrating! Nora sometimes seems like she’s a borderline sociopath. I realize that it’s probably realistic that Corrie encounters people who are sexist or who doubt her because of her age but do we need to go through that in EVERY book? Also where’s the weird stuff? Even when Preston and Child write separately there is almost always something unexpected, spooky, preternatural, creepypasta, experimental high tech, etc. I didn’t care about the mystery…probably because I knew there would be some mundane explanation. I absolutely loath Nora’s brother and the sub plot with him and his legal troubles was so unnecessary and annoying. There’s not even an enjoyable antagonist. Just boring and mundane. Overall it’s a perfectly fine police procedural. I was hoping the series would develop into something more.”

About Douglas Preston

The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child “stand head and shoulders above their rivals” (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child’s Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and Relic was made into a number‑one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, Diablo Mesa, Bloodless, The Scorpion’s Tail, and Crooked River. In addition to his novels, Preston is the author of the award-winning nonfiction book The Lost City of the Monkey God. Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published eight novels of his own, including such bestsellers as Chrysalis and Deep Storm.

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