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Also by Douglas Preston:

Paradox, May 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
Pendergast, February 2026
Paperback
Pendergast, January 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
Extinction, April 2025
Paperback / e-Book
Relic, May 2024
Paperback (reprint)
Dead Mountain, September 2023
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Diablo Mesa, February 2023
Paperback / e-Book
Bloodless, January 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, January 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Bloodless, May 2022
Paperback / e-Book
Diablo Mesa, February 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
The Scorpion's Tail, September 2021
Paperback / e-Book
Bloodless, August 2021
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Crooked River, February 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Verses for the Dead, December 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Old Bones, August 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Old Bones, August 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Talking to the Ground, June 2019
Trade Size (reprint)
Verses for the Dead, January 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
The Pharaoh Key, June 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Beyond the Ice Limit, January 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Ice Limit, November 2016
Mass Market Paperback
Beyond The Ice Limit, May 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
The Lost Island, August 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
White Fire, November 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Gideon's Sword, March 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Impact, January 2010
Hardcover
The Monster Of Florence, July 2009
Paperback
Cemetery Dance, June 2009
Hardcover
The Monster Of Florence, June 2008
Hardcover
The Wheel of Darkness, September 2007
Hardcover
The Book of the Dead, July 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Tyrannosaur Canyon, August 2006
Paperback
The Book of the Dead, May 2006
Hardcover
Tyrannosaur Canyon, August 2005
Hardcover
Brimstone, August 2004
Hardcover
Cabinet of Curiosities, June 2003
Paperback (reprint)
The Relic, January 2003
Paperback (reprint)

Also by Lincoln Child:

Pendergast, February 2026
Paperback
Pendergast, January 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
Relic, May 2024
Paperback (reprint)
Dead Mountain, September 2023
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, January 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Chrysalis, July 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
Diablo Mesa, February 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
The Scorpion's Tail, September 2021
Paperback / e-Book
Bloodless, August 2021
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Scorpion's Tail, January 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Verses for the Dead, December 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Old Bones, August 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Verses for the Dead, January 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
The Pharaoh Key, June 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Beyond the Ice Limit, January 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Beyond The Ice Limit, May 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Folrgotten Room, May 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Lost Island, August 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
White Fire, November 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Gideon's Sword, March 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Cemetery Dance, June 2009
Hardcover
Terminal Freeze, March 2009
Hardcover
The Wheel of Darkness, September 2007
Hardcover
The Book of the Dead, July 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Deep Storm, January 2007
Hardcover
The Book of the Dead, May 2006
Hardcover
Brimstone, August 2004
Hardcover
Cabinet of Curiosities, June 2003
Paperback (reprint)
The Relic, January 2003
Paperback (reprint)

PENDERGAST
By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

The Beginning

Grand Central Publishing
February 2026
On Sale: January 27, 2026
512 pages
ISBN: 1538779153
EAN: 9781538779156
Paperback
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Horror | Thriller Police Procedural

From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes the Agent Pendergast origin story—a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast’s strange and shocking first case.

It only took six months for the life of Special Agent Dwight Chambers to crumble around him. First, he lost his partner, and then, tragically, his wife. Returning to work at the New Orleans Field Office, Chambers is dismayed to find himself saddled with mentoring a brand new FBI agent—a certain A. X. L. Pendergast. As Chambers tries to pull himself together, his enigmatic and exasperating junior partner pulls an outrageous stunt that gets both of them suspended.

Pendergast welcomes the banishment, because it gives him the opportunity to investigate a peculiar murder in Mississippi that has captured his fancy. Chambers grudgingly goes along. What starts off as a whimsical quest swiftly turns into a terrifying pursuit, as Chambers and Pendergast uncover a string of grisly, ritualistic killings that defy any known serial killer profile.
 
Thanks in large part to Pendergast’s brilliance and unorthodox methods, they solve the case and find the killer… and that is when the true horror begins.