Thunderhead - Hardcover

Preston, Lincoln

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446523372 ISBN 13: 9780446523370

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Archaeologist Nora Kelly is adrift in her career and her personal life when a violent, inexplicable incident leaves her in possession of a mysterious letter. Written by her father, who vanished sixteen years ago in the remote desert, the letter reveals the location of a legendary site hidden in the red rock canyon country of southern Utah: Quivira, the Anasazi Indians' wondrous lost city of gold.--BOOK JACKET. "Convinced that her father truly had found Quivira, Nora puts together an expedition and takes a team up Lake Powell to the mouth of Serpentine Canyon. In the stark labyrinth of canyons and slickrock desert she will find the answer to both her greatest hopes and her deepest nightmare. For hidden in the shadows of the sunbaked cliffs are untold treasures, the solution to the greatest riddle of American archaeology - and implacable, suffocating death."--BOOK JACKET.

About this title

About the Author:

The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child's Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and Relic was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, Two Graves, and Gideon's Corpse. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former book editor who has published five novels of his own, including the huge bestseller Deep Storm.
Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly "strangely entertaining note" from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.

From AudioFile:

An archaeological expedition after Coronado's legendary Lost City of Gold moves at the fast pace of Preston and Child's other thrillers, RELIC and RIPTIDE. Desert, canyon and mesa sites set a good stage for the story and create a strong sense of place. Dana Delaney is up to the action and intrigue surrounding the discoveries though her accents occasionally get a bit muddled. Most listeners will simply race along as ancient curses, deception and greed fuel the adventure. R.F.W. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0446523372
• ISBN 13: 9780446523370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 495