Brimstone Author:Douglas Preston By the authors of "Still Life with Crows". — Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grootesquely high: he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere...and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall. As more bodies are discovered - t... more »heir only connection the bizarre but identical manner of death - the world begins to wonder if the Devil has, in fact, come to collect his due. Teaming with Police Officer Vincent D'Agosta, Agent Pendergast is determined to solve this case that appears to defy all logic. Their investigation takes them from the luxury estastes of Long Isand to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where Pendergast faces the most treacherous and dangerous adversary of his career.
"FBI Special Agent Pendergast [is] one of the most charismatic thriller heroes in memory." (Publishers Weekly)« less