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The newest Pendergast novel! To be released 11/12/13; I haven't read Two Graves yet, but I am so glad there will be another novel! Here's what I got in my email:

To our fantastic readers:

As those of you who follow our Facebook page may have noticed, we now have an amazing cover for our next novel, WHITE FIRE, which will be published 11/12/13. Some at our publishing house are saying it is the best Pendergast book ever. You, the reader, will be the judge of that, but for now we thought that we’d let Linc give you a brief look at how the book came into being.

“One evening, about eighteen months ago, I was in my library, leafing idly through a series of books on nineteenth-century England. In one of them, I was astounded to learn that Oscar Wilde had dined with Arthur Conan Doyle in a London hotel in 1889. It seemed remarkable—almost too good to be true—that the flower of English decadence had supped with the author of the immortal Sherlock Holmes. I couldn’t imagine two more disparate people. And yet not long after that meeting, Wilde published The Picture of Dorian Gray. And Doyle’s nascent Holmes stories saw the detective morphing into a keener, cooler, more ineffable fellow—with a certain addiction. Could these two have possibly influenced each other’s writing?

“I immediately grabbed the phone to call Doug. He researched the fateful meeting and discovered that the answer to my question was yes. He told me that some scholars believe Wilde, a fan of Sherlock Holmes, may have made suggestions to Doyle about how to sharpen the detective's character--and Doyle for his part may have given Wilde crucial information which he used to spectacular effect in Dorian Gray.

"This was pure gold. We knew there had to be a Pendergast story in here somewhere. We began brainstorming—and an extraordinary idea for a novel came to us. We never looked back.”

On the basis of that, Linc immediately wrote the first chapter of what would prove to be our next novel. The chapter takes place in 1889. It is Linc’s reconstruction of what Wilde and Doyle talked about during that momentous London dinner. Now, we are delighted to share with you—our special newsletter subscribers—the conclusion to that chapter of WHITE FIRE. The chapter following will bring the reader to the present day—and to Pendergast’s greatest mystery yet.


…Wilde looked at Doyle with something like amusement. “Did you think that I do not recognize the face of horror when I stare into it? I was once told a story so dreadful, so distressing in its particulars and the extent of its evil, that now I truly believe nothing I hear could ever frighten me again.”
“How interesting,” Doyle replied a little absently.
Wilde regarded him, a small smile forming on his large, pale features. “Would you care to hear it? It is not for the faint of heart.”
The way Wilde phrased this, it sounded like a challenge. “By all means.”
“It was told to me during my lecture tour of America a few years back.” Wilde paused, wetting his thick, red lips with a delicate sip of wine. “Here, lean in a little closer, that’s a good fellow, and I’ll tell it you exactly as it was told to me…”
Ten minutes later, a diner at the restaurant in the Langham Hotel would have been surprised to note—amid the susurrus of genteel conversation and the tinkle of cutlery—a man in the dress of a country doctor by the name of Doyle abruptly rise from his table, very pale. Knocking over his chair in his agitation, one hand to his forehead, the young man staggered from the room, nearly upsetting a waiter’s tray of delicacies. And as he vanished in the direction of the gentlemen’s toilet area, his face displayed a perfect expression of revulsion and horror.


More to come! Until next time, be well, take care, and as always thank you so much for your continued interest and support.

All best,
Doug & Linc

Only a month away. Have mine on order. Can hardly wait to get my hands on it.

While I've had the good fortune to host a number of authors on my blog over the past two years, and to conduct some really exciting interviews, today kicks things up to a whole new level.

None other than Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child themselves have joined me in the ruins to talk Agent Pendergast, Sherlock Holmes, and White Fire.

Stop by, if you get a chance, and enter the White Fire Giveaway as well!

I am one of the winners of the giveaway! Thank you! I got my book yesterday and I'm thrilled. I'm on chapter 38. Long live Pendergast!

The book is wonderful, I am actually listening to it on DVD on my way to work. I did all the Pendergast books that way and I just love them all. May have to start with the 1st one and listen all over again.

Beth I have most of them all on audio/CD, and they have great replay value! Have read them several times.

I have them both as audio and book. I read them 1st then go back and listen to them. I always seem get something out of it that I missed the 1st time around

I agree, always something new. And I find myself smiling or laughing how they all talk to each other.

What am I going to do when I finish this one????I love listening to these books.

I finished White Fire yesterday. I love audiobooks & I often re-listen to stories over and over. I will probably read WhFi again before Christmas!

just finished the book. Thought it was great!!

Just finished it this morning & I absolutely loved it. So much Sherlock. So much awesome. I was conflicted about Corrie though, mostly I like her, but she severely annoyed me several times in this book. I just had to keep reminding myself she's barely out of her teens, she's bound to do stupid things still.

If you're on the Preston & Child newsletter, you got a bonus chapter in your email today & IT WAS AWESOME.

I read the final chapter. It's not crucial to the story - it's more like the cherry on top of an ice cream sundae. I won't say anything else since you haven't read the book yet, but let me know if/when you are ready for the details and I'll be happy to share. :)