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Badlands
Author(s): Douglas Preston (Author), Lincoln Child (Author)
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Publication Date: July 21, 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 1538765845
- ISBN-13: 9781538765845
Book Description
In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found, and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands—lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods. Is it suicide or … sacrifice? Agent Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate.
When a second body is found—exactly like the other—the two realize the case runs deeper than they imagined. As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Preston and Child once again use real history as the starting point for their hair-raising plot, which makes a series of tantalizing turns before culminating in an encounter with the supernatural. This is on a par with the best of the authors’ Pendergast series.”―
Publishers Weekly“[A] quintessential summer read […] a scorcher of a tale that straddles the lines between science and superstition.”
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“Hair-raising fun!”―
Kirkus (starred review)“It’s another triumph for Preston & Child and a breathtaking adventure that never disappoints.”―
Bookreporter“This is another great Preston & Child novel, with lots of twists and turns that you don’t see coming. Fans of this series will be happy with this one.”―
Red Carpet Crash“The authors offer their signature melding of science, suspense and the supernatural.”
―Wall Street Journal
