A monster on the loose in New York City's American Museum of Natural History provides the hook for this high-concept, high-energy thriller. A statue of the mad god Mbwun, a monstrous mix of man and reptile, was discovered by a Museum expedition to South America in 1987. Now, it is about to become part of the new Superstition Exhibition at the museum (here renamed the "New York Museum of Natural History"). But as the exhibition's opening night approaches, the museum may have to be shut down due to a series of savage murders that seem to be the work of a maniac-or a living version of Mbwun. When the museum's director pulls strings to ensure that the gala affair takes place, it's up to a small band of believers, led by graduate student Margo Green, her controversial adviser and an FBI agent who investigated similar killings in New Orleans, to stop the monster-if the culprit is indeed a monster-from going on a rampage. Less horror then action-adventure, the narrative builds to a superbly exciting climax, and then offers a final twist to boot. With its close-up view of museum life and politics, plausible scientific background, sharply drawn characters and a plot line that's blissfully free of gratuitous romance, this well-crafted novel offers first-rate thrills and chills.
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Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston nasceu em 1956 em Cambridge, no Massachusetts, e graduou-se no colégio de Pomona, na Califórnia. É autor de diversos tecnothrillers e romances de horror juntamente com Lincoln Child . Preston começou a sua carreira literária no Museu Americano de História Natural de Nova Iorque e, para além das suas colaborações com Child, escreveu várias obras de ficção e não ficção a solo, quase todas lidando com o sudoeste americano. Escreve regularmente para algumas revistas, como a Smithsonian, a The Atlantic Monthly e a The New Yorker.
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Massachusetts, Estados Unidos da América