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    Fever Dream

    Written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

    Narrated by Rene Auberjonois

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    About this audiobook

    Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned the loss of his beloved wife, Helen, who died in a tragic accident in Africa twelve years ago.

    Today, he discovers she was murdered.

    Tomorrow, he will learn her most guarded secrets, leaving him to wonder: Who was the woman I married? Why was she murdered? And, above all . . . Who murdered her?

    FEVER DREAM

    Revenge is not sweet: It is essential.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateMay 11, 2010
    ISBN9781607881957
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    Fever Dream
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    Douglas Preston

    Douglas Preston, a regular contributor to the New Yorker, has worked for the American Museum of Natural History and taught English at Princeton University. With his frequent collaborator, Lincoln Child, he has written many bestselling thrillers including Relic, which became a major motion picture, The Book of the Dead and Cemetery Dance. He is also the author of the bestselling The Codex, Tyrannosaur Canyon and Blasphemy.

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    • 5/5
      Another great read in the Pendergast series. I especially loved the tie-in of Audubon and his beautiful paintings. While some of these books aren't always a 5-star read, they're still incredibly enjoyable and I always find myself looking to grab the next one of the series at Barnes & Noble when it gets released each year. Hats off to Pendergast and all of his investigations.
    • 2/5
      It pains me to say this but I might be dine with the series. This book was in trouble from the start. I didn't even buy the mystery. I have struggled through the last few books. I will probably give it one more but it had better be good.
    • 4/5
      Entertraining, unbelievable.
    • 5/5
      I love the Pendergast novels, and this was one of the more exciting ones I've read. Loved it!
    • 3/5
      Agent Prenderast is not as compelling in this story as previous books.
    • 4/5
      This tenth Pendergast is great! Loved the Louisiana setting. A bit more is revealed about the lovely but mysterious Constance Greene. Looking forward to 11 and 12 in this fascinating series.
    • 5/5
      I love the Pendergast books. Especially the ones where we learn about Pendergast or his past. As far as in the series, this is one of the better ones. The only problem is that I figured things out a little early and the book lagged when I had to wait for the characters to catch up. Otherwise it was brilliant.
    • 4/5
      Pendergast's latest adventure cuts closer to home for him than ever before when he realizes that his wife, dead for twelve years, was murdered. Pendergast came closer to despair and shock than we've ever witnessed, and I believe he was closer to becoming unhinged as well. In fact, I think he crossed some lines he hadn't crossed before. I found it fascinating to see these new sides of Pendergast. He continues to intrigue me as a character. The side story on Constance was curious, but after a while it became clear it was setup for the following story (which I'm already reading!).
    • 5/5
      YEAH! SA Pendergast kicking butt and taking names! If you're a fan - this is just fabulous. If you're not a fan - you will be.
    • 3/5
      Tense story, open ending leading to the next book. Glad I didn't read this one until I had COLD VENGEANCE in hand! I like the way these two authors write together, seamlessly, and their development of strong continuing characters. In this story, Laura Haywood took a giant step from "Pendergast detractor" to "Pendergast fan," and it scared her! Wishing a quick & total recovery to Vince D'Agosta!
    • 5/5
      The story opens with Special Agent Pendergast and his beloved wife Helen on safari in Africa where Helen was mauled and killed by a lion. We have heard bits and pieces of Helen in other books but we never really knew the whole story other than she had died. Now we find out all the details. Pendergast enlists the help of another old friend, Vincent D'Agosta to help him get to the bottom of things.I loved this book! I love all the books in the Pendergast series but some touch me more than others and this was one of those. In all the years I have been reading and cheering Pendergast on, I have always wondered about Helen, how they met, what happened to her and why he doesn't like to talk about her. In this book we see that "soft" side of Pendergast. Of course he is still following his own rules and doing things his own way which is why we love him isn't it?I enjoy the comaraderie between the police liutenant, D'Agosta and the FBI agent, Pendergast. We see a heated and at times comical interaction with Laura Haywood, D'Agosta's girlfriend and Pendergast, who she is not fond of. We have the classic cliffhangers of Preston and Child that make us want the next book right now. As in most books in the series, there are stories within stories and never a dull moment. The book moves along at a quick pace and holds your interest from page one.While they say the books can be read as stand alone books, I feel that knowing the characters and the back stories always make them a more enjoyable read. I don't think I would start with this one if you haven't read the others but that is just my opinion.
    • 4/5
      Good pace, good plot, will be looking for the next books of this thrilogy. It does seem that writers' style became more commercial though - this book is definitely written with Hollywood in mind.
    • 4/5
      As a fan of the Pendergast series since the beginning, I was not the biggest fan of the last Pendergast trilogy featuring his ward Constance. Thankfully, this first book in the most recent series is solid. It's not the best Pendergast, but it's far from the worst and I have high hopes for the rest of the series. I just hope Preston and Child don't stretch themselves too thin like some other authors with series have done and I hope the work doesn't suffer.
    • 5/5
      Agent Pendergrast realizes 12 years later that his wife was murdered. What follows is his re-tracing her footsteps both before and during their marriage, finding out that he really didn't know her as well as he thought. Lt. D'Agosta and even Captain Laura Hayward, help him discover the secrets leading to the people behind his wife's death.
    • 5/5
      Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have done it again. Fever Dream marks their tenth thriller - holy cow! Is it really ten? Mental roll call: Relic, Reliquary, Cabinet, Still Life, Brimstone, Dance, Book of the Dead, Wheel, Cemetery... Definitely tenth! - featuring their Sherlock Holmes-esque hero Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast, and it is another great work.The latest adventure begins with a flashback set in Africa chronicling the events surrounding the death of Pendergast's wife Helen. Longtime Preston & Child fans will appreciate this glimpse into the secretive history of Agent Pendergast's past but there's little surprise to be found that evidence arises indicating what was once declared an accident may have actually been murder. In present day, the search for answers leads Pendergast and his frequent partner Vincent D'Agosta from New York to New Orleans to seek out the truth.Much like the previous Preston & Child collaborations, this action-oriented story blends sleuthing with science in an intelligent and multi-faceted mystery. Fever Dream is full of suspense and surprises and is definitely one of the best entries in the Pendergast series. As usual, the door has been left wide open for future adventures and in my opinion, the eleventh book can't come soon enough!
    • 5/5
      An awesome addition to the Agent Pendergast collection of books by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, and actually this is my favorite so far. Pendergast's past begins to unfold to us a little as we are introduced to his wife and the scheme behind her demise. By a fluke of luck he finally sees that his wifes death was no accident, and the chase is on. A rollicking ride from the wilds of Africa to the bayoux of Louisiana and Mississippi. This time Pendergast will end up working alongside NYPD homicide detective Capt. Laura Hayward and they make a great duo. Many twists and turns, Pendergast is in fine form as he hunts down his wife's murderer and the complex tale unfolds.
    • 5/5
      Preston and Child take us on another wild ride with Special Pendergast and Officer D'Agosta. Fever Dream moves beyond the last few connected novel and stands (mostly) on it's own. In a flashback we see Pendergast's wife killed and then move forward to 12 years to when he discovers it was murder. Fast paced, breathless and never disappointing, Fever Dream leaves just enough open loops to make you want the next book.
    • 4/5
      Pendergast & D"Agnosto try to find who & why P's wife was killed 12 years earlier by a lion.
    • 2/5
      I have enjoyed earlier books in the Pendergast series, but this one was so phoned in that I had the strong impression that I had read it before. If it were a movie, I would say that it was hammy and overacted. There were so many portentious and gloomy moments that it seemed like an old black and white horror/cliffhanger. I had to give up!!
    • 2/5
      I didn't love this book. I listened to an audio version and one of the distractions was the failure of the producers to make sure the reader had the local pronuciations of words. Place names like picayune, bellechaise, New madrid, and dauphin were murdered. This however is a trifling issue one only a native of New orleans and resident of MO would pick out.The book reads like a first draft. The mystery doesn't unfold we are told the solution. Once Pendergast proclaims it....it's not clear why he doesn't solve it earlier in the book as he didn't have much more information at that than he did 100 pages earlier. I found Pendergast totally unbelievable. Why doesn't he ever have to report to the FBI? Of what use was D'Agosto? The beginning of the book is full of strands that don't go anywhere...the death of the crazy aunt, Helen's family having to leave their home in Massachusetts under mysterious circumstances,Monica Green. We aren't told that Hayward is a Louisiana native until the second half of the book, which is strange as so much is made of Pendergast's Louisiana background.I understand that this is part of a series, perhaps I picked one of the weakest to listen to first.
    • 5/5
      Wow, absolutely GREAT book! I mostly read romance books, but I also really enjoy suspense thrillers. Fever Dream took me on a winding trail of suspense and intrigue. The twists and turns in this story were not expected and I marvel at the well thought out detail. I look forward to the "Gideon Crew" series coming in 2011.
    • 5/5
      This was provided for review by Hachette Book Group. There were so many things going on in this one I don't even know where to start... It was such a good book. I can truly say that I didn't see anything coming. The characters were pretty good. Being that this was an audio book I didn't get the same connection to the characters that I do when I read the book myself. But they were well developed characters none the less. Pendergast was an odd person, and that's putting it lightly. I liked Hayward the most I think. She seemed to be the most level-headed.The story itself was fantastic. Right from the beginning the action starts and it doesn't really let up. Like I said it wasn't at all predictable. There were so many twists to the story that I was shocked by many of them. The twists weren't cheesy either. Each of them really added something to the story. It wasn't like they added a twist just for the sake of adding a twist. The narrator was great. Rene Auberjonois did a great job with this one. I loved his voice, even when I used to watch Deep Space Nine I always liked his character, his voice was soothing then. Again he is fairly well known, but I didn't "see" his known characters while he was reading. Again I LOVED this one. Although it was a little long I was kept drawn into the story the whole way!
    • 5/5
      I don't think I'll ever get tired of reading about Special Agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast's adventures, and I pray Preston and Child never get tired of inventing them. Fever Dream was every bit the summer escapism read I had hoped for. Although, I suppose, being transported to the sun-baked African bush, and the humid, cicada infested swamps of Louisiana was not, strictly speaking, an escape from this year's long hot Mid-Western summer. But somehow, I forgot about the humidity and dewpoints, entranced, as always, by Pendergast's cool. A new Pendergast novel is one of the few books I buy in hardcover. I hate to wait. I'm about at the point where I want to go back to the beginning of the series and re-read them all. To attain a Trekkie-like knowledge of Pendergast. I keep waiting for a movie? But I'm not too hopeful that Hollywood will ever find a Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce to incarnate Pendergast and D'Agosta. I can't think of any celebrity actor who could capture his uniqueness. It would need to be an unknown way out of left field, someone original like Jim Parsons, who plays Dr. Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory - but a touch more macho. But who knows? One can dream. In any event, this episode in the on-going saga, concerning the murder of Pendergast's wife Helen, was completely up to the usual standards for the series: a compelling mystery, great local color, interesting historic tidbits, and a continuity with the past novels. Plus it left some interesting threads in the story to be addressed in the next novel, which will likely open at a hunting range in Scotland. My bags are packed.
    • 4/5
      Loved this book! I've always liked Agent Pendergast and appreciated his rather unique investigative approach, but this is probably the best Pendergast installment so far.12 years after the loss of his wife, Pendergast discovers that the lion attack that killed her while on safari in Africa was not an accident but a planned murder.The book is extremely well paced and very difficult to put down. I heartily recommend this book!
    • 4/5
      Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast discovers that the death of his wife Helen 12 years earlier by a lion attack was not an accident, but an elaborate murder. He immediately calls on his best friend Lt. Vincent D'Agosta to take a leave of absence from the NYPD to help him solve the crime. Captain Laura Hayward, D'Agosta's girlfriend, helps out a lot with this case. As smart as she is, I was a little irritated that the authors chose to make her the dimwit in several situations to show off Pendergast's intelligence and ability to manipulate. Constance Greene makes a small appearance in the novel, returning from Australia after having a vision that Pendergast will need her help. However, on the way back to the U.S., she is accused of throwing her infant child overboard and is held on murder charges.Overall the novel was great, but there were a couple of places where it was weak and I was thinking, 'Really?' For example, when Helen Pendergast discovers that some residents of a small town were killed by the accidental release of some experimental viruses, she threatens to alert the authorities as soon as she gets back from her vacation in Africa. Huh?The novel ends with a cliffhanger, but I'm not going to spoil it. If you like the other Pendergast novels, you will like this one as well.
    • 4/5
      As usual, the book was fantastic. I love the fact that we get to see more of Special Agent Pendergast's life history in this book. The book promess a sequel that I can't wait to read. We follow S.A. Pendergast as he investigate his wife's death more than twelve years ago after realizing she had been murdered. As he uncovers secrets and lies, he wonders who really was Helen Esterhazy Pendergast.
    • 5/5
      great read. Can't put it down kind of book. Characters well developed and story is written with tantalizing cliffhangers.
    • 4/5
      I loved this book when I started reading it. I really liked how more of Pendergast's history was fleshed out. However, when I was finished reading, I was left with the feeling that this book was merely written so a forthcoming book could address the unfinished storylines. Well worth reading for a fan of the series.
    • 5/5
      I think this is one of Preston & Child's best Agent Pendergast episodes. It's all here, mystery, suspense, good guys, bad guys, lots of action in different locations. The mysterious Contance: did she or did she not drown her baby? Not to give too much away but Preston & Child are the only authors I don't mind using cliff hangers...I couldn't put it down, I'll leave it at that.
    • 4/5
      Great read. Who knew Angent P had been married. This book takes us on the journey of their life together and what happened to her. Very interesting.