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Another excellent Pendergast novel. Aloysius and his ward Constance Greene head to a monestary in Tibet to study and seek peace from the events of ... (show more)
The Wheel of Darkness (Special Agent Pendergast)
FBI Special Agent Pendergast is taking a break from work to take Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and spiritual studies. At a remote monastery, they learn that a rare and dangerous artifact the monks have been guarding for generations has been mysteriously stolen. As a favor, Pendergast agrees to track and recover the relic. A twisting trail of... (show more)
FBI Special Agent Pendergast is taking a break from work to take Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and spiritual studies. At a remote monastery, they learn that a rare and dangerous artifact the monks have been guarding for generations has been mysteriously stolen. As a favor, Pendergast agrees to track and recover the relic. A twisting trail of bloodshed leads Pendergast and Constance to the maiden voyage of the Britannia, the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner---and to an Atlantic crossing fraught with terror. (show less)
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I'm a big Pendergast fan so I eagerly dove into this book & soon discovered what a waste of paper this one was!!! MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT!!! i hope ... (show more)
I'm a big Pendergast fan so I eagerly dove into this book & soon discovered what a waste of paper this one was!!! MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT!!! i hope that this is not indicative of the future works of DP & LC- so sad that this seems to be the pattern of many great authors once they become popular & seem to forget about the value of telling a great story! (show less)
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When I realized that this was the only one of Preston/Childs' Pendergast novels that I had not read, I added it immediately to my list. Suffice to say, the only disappointment is that I will now have to wait for another one!
In this story, Pendergast and his ward Constance visit a Tibetan monastery for a retreat. There, they are informed that a precious artifact has been stolen from the monks ... and the two of them set out to find it. As is the case with all of the other Pendergast nov... (show more)
When I realized that this was the only one of Preston/Childs' Pendergast novels that I had not read, I added it immediately to my list. Suffice to say, the only disappointment is that I will now have to wait for another one!
In this story, Pendergast and his ward Constance visit a Tibetan monastery for a retreat. There, they are informed that a precious artifact has been stolen from the monks ... and the two of them set out to find it. As is the case with all of the other Pendergast novels, there are some supernatural implications in keeping the artifact out of the wrongs hands -- into which, naturally, it has fallen.
One of the things I love most about this series of novels is the amount of art history and cultural research that goes into them; "The Wheel of Darkness" does not disappoint in this regard.
Highly recommended for those who like a good adventure story with an edge. (show less)
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El primer libro tras la trilogía de Diógenes no me ha defraudado. Quizás en las partes donde se dedica a contarnos como se juega y se cuentan las cartas para el blackjack es un poco pesado, sobre todo para alguien como yo, que no tengo ni la más remota idea de jugar a eso, pero como apenas son unas páginas, no pasa nada.
El poder ver a Pendergast y a Constance en un ambiente tan ajeno al que normalmente los hemos visto, sobre todo a ella, es un punto más a favor del libro.
Pero sobre todo,... (show more)El primer libro tras la trilogía de Diógenes no me ha defraudado. Quizás en las partes donde se dedica a contarnos como se juega y se cuentan las cartas para el blackjack es un poco pesado, sobre todo para alguien como yo, que no tengo ni la más remota idea de jugar a eso, pero como apenas son unas páginas, no pasa nada.
El poder ver a Pendergast y a Constance en un ambiente tan ajeno al que normalmente los hemos visto, sobre todo a ella, es un punto más a favor del libro.
Pero sobre todo, el ver a Pendergast tan alejado de su habitual yo, perdido completamente en una maldad que hasta ahora solo habíamos relacionado con su hermano Diógenes, es un cambio muy gratificante, aunque haya habido un momento en el que me ha recordado el final de Twin Peaks y la posesión por parte de Bob del agente Cooper. Por suerte, aquí podemos disfrutar de un final mucho más gratificante que el que tuvo dicha serie. (show less)Already read
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