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This should do for the New York subway system what Jaws did for Long Island beaches. Barely has the excitement of the museum killings (related in Preston and Child's recently filmed Relic [1995]) settled down, than Lieutenant D'Agosta of the NYPD is faced with another series of murders. Dr. Margo Green, the odious scribbler Smithback, FBI Agent Pendergast, and others from Relic are gradually drawn to investigate the death of a Manhattan socialite as well as the less newsworthy murders of several "mole people" --the disaffected and alienated who have formed communities in the old subways, sewers, drainage tunnels, and other deep recesses of Manhattan. Some thoroughly repellent, ghoulish types are the murderous culprits, and Preston and Child skillfully play subplots against each other, as the police and their allies attempt to defeat their horrific opponents before catastrophe overwhelms the Apple. Although Reliquary is a sequel, its exposition carries us easily into the new plot and excites interest in seeing what Preston and Child come up with next, after this yarn's all-loose-ends-tied finale. Dennis Winters
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The doughty crew that bested Mbwun, a flesh-eating Amazonian creature that stalked its victims through Manhattan's Museum of Natural History, in Relic (1994), faces a new but all too familiar threat. When the skeletal remains of a socially prominent young woman are flushed out of an Upper West Side storm drain, sans skull, NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta seeks assistance from anthropologist Margo Green and her sometime mentor Dr. Frock. With timely help from a mysterious FBI agent known only as Pendergast, the technocrats eventually put paid to the reptilian Museum Beast that, deprived of its dietary staple (a lily indigenous to Brazil's rainforest), had found human brains an acceptable substitute. Suspecting the past and present cases may be linked, D'Agosta becomes convinced when he learns that the decapitation rate among the underground homeless is on the rise. Pendergast reaches out to the subterranean community, discovering it's being depopulated by brutish beings who dwell in the so-called Devil's Attic, a network of railroad tunnels linking Grand Central Terminal with the suburbs. Meantime, Margo learns that a former colleague has genetically engineered an equivalent of the Mbwun lily (for its narcotic and regenerative properties), which can survive in the Northern Hemisphere. While the unfortunate young man's work went awry, another evil genius took on the project, and monster edibles are growing in the Central Park Reservoir. D'Agosta's panicky superiors decide to exterminate the predatory new mole people (who revere a mad scientist as their messiah) by flooding the Devil's Attic. Once the point of no return is passed, however, Margo determines that the toxic lilies could wash out to sea and do irreparable harm to Earth's food chain. With but hours to go until a wall of water from upstate basins sweeps through the netherworld caverns, then, Pendergast and a band of Navy SEALs must battle their way into the pitch-black abyss to keep the flow contained. Ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night. . . in rerun. (Literary Guild alternate selection; author tour) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Nachdem Relic ein Erfolg war, dachte sich der Autor: Hey, das kann man sicher weiter ausschlachten. Wobei man sagen muss, so schlecht ist ihm das eigentlich gar nicht gelungen. Die Charaktere haben sogar ein bisschen mehr Profil bekommen, Pendergast tritt auf und die Story ist ein bisschen überraschender als beim ersten Teil. Jeder, der sich über das offene Ende von Relic gedanken, wird hier die Antworten finden ...
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"Relic," a dark, twisted tour through a museum stalked by terror, is a book one would imagine would be difficult to follow. Does "Reliquary" do this successfully? Yes... to a point.
This time, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child take us on a horrifying subway ride, past underestimated homeless "moles," a rabbit's warren of black tunnels, and a frightening continuation of the first book's monster story. "Reliquary" is a relief in that it doesn't suffer from "sequelitis," that "deja vu all over again" feeling that most sequels seem to have. There's no rehashing of the original story, here. "Reliquary" goes where "Relic" was afraid to, and with enjoyable results.
My quibble with "Reliquary" is that it isn't quite as tight as "Relic." The plot seems to meander a bit more, and I prefer the museum setting of the prequel. The writing, however, is top-notch (as expected), and it's a sign of the writers' talents at characterization that I felt as though Margo, Smithback, Pendergast, and the rest of the returning cast were old friends of mine. The authors hint at a promise that these characters will feature in future books, and I would love that. I look forward to it.
All in all, "Reliquary" is a satisfying and worthy sequel to "Relic." Given some of the plot twists and differences between "Relic" and its unfortunate silver screen adaptation, it appears that Paramount couldn't make "Reliquary" into a movie without running into some serious continuity errors. Of course, looking at the first film, it doesn't seem like Paramount was very concerned with that to begin with, so I'll just have to hope that they don't get their grubby mitts onto "Reliquary." The world doesn't need another movie like Paramount's "The Relic." More books from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, however, are more than welcome. :)
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After reading the relic, I knew that the story was unfinished. Later, after reading reliquary, I was surprised at how Preston and Child brought back the same characters in a similar situation. Reliquary is a mystery story as well as a horror. It kept me interested even after I had turned the final page. Every time I read it I find something that I didn't notice the first time and that hints at the twist which happens at the end.
If you want a book that scares your pants off, and if you loved the Relic, this is the perfect book for you
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Großartige Forsetzung
Reliquary ist der zweite Band, in dem Special Agent Pendergast eine Rolle spielt. Bei der Suche nach einem Paket Drogen werden in den Abwasserkanälen New Yorks zwei Leichen... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 10 Monaten von Sarah veröffentlicht
Fortsetzung mit übertriebenden Wendungen
Nur als Fortstetzung zu Relic zu Empfehlen, keine eigenständige Handlung, da zuviel Wissen vorausgesetzt wird. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. August 2009 von Chris
Good Read!
I didn't think this book was as good as Relic, but then again, how could it be. Relic was an EXCELLENT read and I don't think any sequel could have touched it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Juli 2000 von Shauna Switzer
Suspenseful
The Reliquary was a great book. If your'e looking for a suspenseful, fascinating novel about the underground of New York City. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juni 2000 von jclay
A Good Read
Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is the sequel to Relic. Reliquary is an exciting book. It is realistic science fiction. You won't be able to put it down. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Juni 2000 von "karii"
I think I liked it....
Now this is a little odd. Loving the first book so much, I grabbed this book as soon as I could, and after re-reading Relic to get my feel for the characters back, I dove in. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Mai 2000 von Cody Menzies
This is one sequel as good as the first
When I first heard Reliquary was coming out as the sequel toThe Relic, I said no way will be even close to as good as The Relic,but I was wrong. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Mai 2000 von Andy H.
Reliquary
I LOVED this book. It was a good as the first one! If you liked Relic you have to read this one. Forget all you thought you knew about the Dr. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. April 2000 veröffentlicht
I Like it Better than the First!
I am about half way through this book and like it alot better than the first (though I recommend reading the first to get an appreciation of the characters). Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. März 2000 von Michael A. Newman
hot hot hot
this book and the one before it (relic) are the best i've read in quite a long time. i really enjoyed them--they were better than a lot of stephen king novels out there. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Februar 2000 von Abby
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