The Bookshelf

Books by Douglas Preston

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Extinction

by Douglas Preston · published 2024 · read 2024-09-28

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

In a Jurassic Park-like setting, Preston has multiple characters say at various times in the story "this isn't Jurassic Park". And it's not... at least, not exactly. Preston knows how to write a brisk, lightweight thriller, and this one doesn't disappoint.

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The Scorpion’s Tail

by Douglas Preston · published 2021 · read 2021-07-18

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

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Blasphemy

by Douglas Preston · published 2008 · read 2008-03-05

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

I do so enjoy Preston’s stuff. In this story, the crew running a new superconducting supercollider appear to be getting a message from God when they run the collider. But it is really God? Maybe not… Good stuff.

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City of Endless Night

by Douglas Preston · published 2018 · read 2018-04-08

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

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Gideon’s Corpse

by Douglas Preston · published 2012 · read 2012-07-04

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

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Cold Vengeance

by Douglas Preston · published 2011 · read 2011-11-11

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

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Gideon’s Sword

by Douglas Preston · published 2011 · read 2011-04-30

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

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Cemetery Dance

by Douglas Preston · published 2009 · read 2010-01-02

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Nothing particularly breathtaking here, not the best book in the Pendergast series from Preston & Child, but still entertaining fun.

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The Wheel of Darkness

by Douglas Preston · published 2007 · read 2007-11-25

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

This Agent Pendergast series by Preston/Child is another one I really enjoy. This one was far more into the spiritist/Buddhism angle than previous books have been, but it still wound into the story OK. It was enjoyable to have Constance Greene (Agent Pendergast’s “ward”) play a larger role in this story, too.

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Impact

by Douglas Preston · published 2010 · read 2010-10-23

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Disappointing and lame. Very thin plotting combined with insufficient action makes for a lame story. Preston can do better, and he should have in this case.