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This book is definitely a sequel. An entertaining and eminently readable sequel, but still, a sequel.

A couple of years after the horrific murders perpetrated by the `Museum Beast', strange corpses start popping up across New York -- corpses with their heads smashed in, cut off, or sliced open in some fashion, to get at precisely the hypothalamus -- the part of the brain that Mbwun needed to eat in order to survive. The trouble is, this time it looks like there's more than one monster. At first, no one pays much attention to it, because the first victims are drawn from New York's massive homeless community. It's only when a missing socialite turns up dead and headless in the Hudson that the story starts getting press -- and that certain members of the NYPD, specifically Lieutenant D'Agosta, start putting the pieces together. Naturally, the re-emergence of this kind of serial killing brings Special Agent Pendergast back on the scene as well.

As the book progresses, we learn that Greg Kawakita, from Relic, discovered the secret of the Mbwun plant -- that eating it could actually turn you into the monster creature, by means of a reovirus. He found out that the original explorer who found the Mbwun's home territory and tribe must have been force-fed the plant and turned into the creature that terrorised the Museum years before. Kawakita then attempted to distill out the more physically horrifying genes, aiming to create a "purer" form of the reovirus, that would enhance the user's sensory perception and intelligence without turning him into a reptilian-ape-creature-from-hell. Unfortunately, he started testing it before it was perfected, leading to a society of partially transformed mutants, mad with the need for their drug and turning increasingly murderous.

The most interesting aspect of Reliquary is, I think, the subterranean world of the homeless, too many to be counted, both victims and perpetrators of the ongoing crimes. The introduction of this hitherto hidden world is fascinating, from the paranoid intelligence of Mephisto to the survival tactics of the underground dwellers. This plot element also introduces us to Laura Hayward, a member of the NYPD specializing in rousting, who happens to be working on an advanced degree on the sociology of the homeless. I can't remember if that particular focus comes back in later books, but whether her academic focus remains consistent or not, Hayward is a great character and an excellent addition to the series's rotating cast.

This book introduces more of Pendergast's unorthodox methods. He disguises himself as the head of a homeless community in order to meet with Mephisto, the king of the underground who gives Pendergast, reporter Bill Smithback, and D'Agosta information on what his people have seen of the mutant murderers. Later on, we see Pendergast operating as a one-man SWAT team, fully decked out in urban camo and carrying enough weaponry to invade a small nation. Really, if there's anything Pendergast can't do, we haven't seen it yet.

Reliquary is readable but not critical to following the Pendergast series. It's most notable for its addition of Laura Hayward, but other than that, you won't miss much by skipping on to the far superior Cabinet of Curiosities. (I should mention that most of the novels function well enough as stand-alones, and do not need to be read in-sequence. I read them completely out of order on my first go - and I'm someone who that would usually drive crazy to do). There's a lot that's forgettable about this book, but benignly so.


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Reliquary Douglas Preston Lincoln Child 9780765354952 Books Reviews

I’m not sure how many times I’ve read the first two books in the Pendergast series... they are just that good! This was an awesome followup to Relic, and I’m sure I’ll read both many more times. It’s a very fast paced book, with lots of twists and turns. Hard hitting the whole way through to the end. If you enjoy suspense, thrills, chills, and brilliant imagery, this is one book you should be sure to pick up.
OK but less than serious reading. For me when there is detail it indicates the author did some fact checking and I can believe that the things described may actually exist. Here is what made me decide not to give this book a good rating. And it is all the fault of the author not doing his home work. In one instance he has a character ''clicking off the safety on her Glock" in another incident while under ground and in a fire fight one of the characters indicated they had to run away as the C4 explosive may detonate. There is no safety, as such, to click off on the Glock. It has a trigger safety.....the C4 will not detonate from gunfire or anything else but a detonation cap. We used to use it to start small cooking fires so it is absolutely safe. How hard is it to get this stuff right? It was a fun read for me even though, as I am from NYC area and know some of the locations.
The book could have been shortened up a little for what it had to say...sort of dragged on a bit in the end. Plenty of excitement, but a little over cooked.
I loved "Relic." Loved it. Unfortunately, I had the basic "Whodunnit" part of the sequel figured out WAY too early and I was actually disappointed. While people change, a character that's been built in a previous novel seemed to lose his morals before this part of the story started and it just isn't that believable. While the visual imagery of the underground world is fascinating, it also reminded me heavily of the 1980's "Beauty and the Beast" TV series with the underground structure and societies. I'm just..disappointed.
The immediate follow up to Relic follows the "Aliens" formula, establishing a wider setting, larger cast of characters, and greater emphasis of action, at the cost of reducing the terror of the original story. Instead of 1 incredibly dangerous and stealth oriented monster, there are hundreds of individually less lethal monsters terrorizing New York City. Preston & Child again establish a unique setting, this time the massive labrythine tunnels of underground New York City, and fill it with characters old and new, but all interesting enough to care for and each with their own essential and intriguing part to the story. Familiar faces from the first novel returns, though some of the suspense is less effective since readers of the original will already have deduced what the mysteries of the first half of the book, and the bodies found in the waters of the city are. However, as customary of the authors, the tension continues to climb slowly but relentlessly to an excellent finish that involves an established character in a twist that I was actually surprised by.
This book is definitely a sequel. An entertaining and eminently readable sequel, but still, a sequel.

A couple of years after the horrific murders perpetrated by the `Museum Beast', strange corpses start popping up across New York -- corpses with their heads smashed in, cut off, or sliced open in some fashion, to get at precisely the hypothalamus -- the part of the brain that Mbwun needed to eat in order to survive. The trouble is, this time it looks like there's more than one monster. At first, no one pays much attention to it, because the first victims are drawn from New York's massive homeless community. It's only when a missing socialite turns up dead and headless in the Hudson that the story starts getting press -- and that certain members of the NYPD, specifically Lieutenant D'Agosta, start putting the pieces together. Naturally, the re-emergence of this kind of serial killing brings Special Agent Pendergast back on the scene as well.

As the book progresses, we learn that Greg Kawakita, from Relic, discovered the secret of the Mbwun plant -- that eating it could actually turn you into the monster creature, by means of a reovirus. He found out that the original explorer who found the Mbwun's home territory and tribe must have been force-fed the plant and turned into the creature that terrorised the Museum years before. Kawakita then attempted to distill out the more physically horrifying genes, aiming to create a "purer" form of the reovirus, that would enhance the user's sensory perception and intelligence without turning him into a reptilian-ape-creature-from-hell. Unfortunately, he started testing it before it was perfected, leading to a society of partially transformed mutants, mad with the need for their drug and turning increasingly murderous.

The most interesting aspect of Reliquary is, I think, the subterranean world of the homeless, too many to be counted, both victims and perpetrators of the ongoing crimes. The introduction of this hitherto hidden world is fascinating, from the paranoid intelligence of Mephisto to the survival tactics of the underground dwellers. This plot element also introduces us to Laura Hayward, a member of the NYPD specializing in rousting, who happens to be working on an advanced degree on the sociology of the homeless. I can't remember if that particular focus comes back in later books, but whether her academic focus remains consistent or not, Hayward is a great character and an excellent addition to the series's rotating cast.

This book introduces more of Pendergast's unorthodox methods. He disguises himself as the head of a homeless community in order to meet with Mephisto, the king of the underground who gives Pendergast, reporter Bill Smithback, and D'Agosta information on what his people have seen of the mutant murderers. Later on, we see Pendergast operating as a one-man SWAT team, fully decked out in urban camo and carrying enough weaponry to invade a small nation. Really, if there's anything Pendergast can't do, we haven't seen it yet.

Reliquary is readable but not critical to following the Pendergast series. It's most notable for its addition of Laura Hayward, but other than that, you won't miss much by skipping on to the far superior Cabinet of Curiosities. (I should mention that most of the novels function well enough as stand-alones, and do not need to be read in-sequence. I read them completely out of order on my first go - and I'm someone who that would usually drive crazy to do). There's a lot that's forgettable about this book, but benignly so.