It attacks Pendergast as ordered, intended to drain from him all who he is and most of his body mass. The shadow thing is revealed to be a Tulpa or thought form, established by the mental energy from the passenger that possesses the stolen artifact. The crew plead for mercy from the old captain he has the codes needed to unlock the ship. It is later revealed she herself had looked at the artifact and had decided to kill everyone on board as revenge for not being promoted to what she believes is her rightful position. She aims for 'Carrion Rock', a land mass that will easily sink the ship. Meanwhile, the new captain has tricked the crew out of the bridge and locked it down. It brings out his "evil side" where he doesn't care about anyone but himself and he thinks that humans are pathetic and should be cleansed. However, he actually looks at it and undergoes a mental change. The captain refuses to go to the nearest port, which creates more problems.įearing the loss of a life over the loss of profit, the crew mutinies and puts a female commander in charge. There is also a mysterious shadow thing being sighted and causing inevitable panic. The killer is murdering random people on the ship and everyone is panicking. He coerces the ships' guards to help him in exchange for helping them stop cheaters at the casino on the ship. He and Constance track the killer to a new luxury ocean liner, the Britannia which is headed to New York City.Īboard the ship, Pendergast quickly eliminates all but a few possible suspects. He finds that the original thief was killed and the artifact stolen by someone else. Pendergast pursues the thief and artifact through China, Rome, and London. An artifact is stolen from the monastery, and the monks ask if Pendergast can retrieve it. This novel picks up shortly following the events depicted in The Book of the Dead.Īgent Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, are studying in Tibet with Buddhist monks they are recuperating from the events depicted in the novel The Book of the Dead. It entered The New York Times Best Seller list at number two on September 16, 2007, and remained on the list for five weeks. This is the eighth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. The Wheel of Darkness is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child released on Augby Grand Central Publishing.
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