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Agent Pendergast: Book 10

Fever Dream (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Douglas Preston (Author), Lincoln Child (Author) (edit contributors)

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At the old family manse in Louisiana, Special Agent Pendergast is putting to rest long-ignored possessions reminiscent of his wife Helen's tragic death, only to make a stunning-and dreadful-discovery. Helen had been mauled by an unusually large and vicious lion while they were big game hunting... read more

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For 12 years, Pendergast has believed that the death of his wife, Helen, in the jaws of a ferocious red-maned lion in Zambia was just a tragedy, but his chance examination of the gun she carried on the fateful day reveals that someone loaded it with blanks. Pendergast drags his longtime NYPD... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

For 12 years, Pendergast has believed that the death of his wife, Helen, in the jaws of a ferocious red-maned lion in Zambia was just a tragedy, but his chance examination of the gun she carried on the fateful day reveals that someone loaded it with blanks. Pendergast drags his longtime NYPD ally, Lt. Vincent D'Agosta and Captain Laura Hayward to help investigate the murder of his wife. The motive for Helen's murder appears to be linked to her fascination with John James Audubon and her quest for a mysterious lost Audubon painting. Pendergast has to recreate Helen's investigation with the paintings, which he discovers the Audubon's paintings were done so skillfully due to a neurological disease not outstanding artistry. He also discovered that her brother Judson, recruited her and a team of pharmaceuticals to study this disease, but when the secret project began to cut corners, she tried to back out. She was then killed for trying to expose the project to the general public. Pendergast tracked down all the members involved.

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  • précis.” Pendergast paused, composing his thoughts. “Audubon was the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and his mistress. Born in Haiti, he was raised in France by his stepmother and sent to America at the age of eighteen to escape conscription in Napoleon’s army. He lived near Philadelphia, where he took an interest in studying and drawing birds and married a local girl, Lucy Bakewell. They moved to the Kentucky frontier where he set up a store, but he spent most of his time collecting, dissecting, stuffing, and mounting birds.
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  • desuetude, and neglect hung over the house and grounds. A curious gentleman emerged from the Mercedes, short and stocky, wearing a black cutaway with a white carnation in his boutonniere. He looked more like a maître d’ from an Edwardian men’s club than a New Orleans lawyer.
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  • The painted plaster walls; the slack, dry flesh; the weave of the bed linens; even the motes in the dusty air were meticulously observed, rendered with pitiless clarity and confidence—spare, stark, and elegiac.
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Africa, New Orleans, Ohio, Texas, Europe
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Organizations edit see section history

  • Doctors with Wings: Benevolent group of doctors that donate their services after horrific catastrophies.

First Sentence edit see section history

The setting sun blazed through the African bush like a forest fire, hot yellow in the sweltering evening that gathered over the bush camp.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Unnamed chapters 1 - 4 (12 years ago)
Unnamed chapters 5 - 80 (present day)
Epilogue

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • The Black Frame: A missing painting supposedly painted by John James Audubon.
  • Doctors With Wings: An orginization that provides medical care to third world countries.
  • Avian Flu: A key piece of the puzzle that intertwines seemingly independent events.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 10 of 11 in Agent Pendergast. (standard series)

Preceded by Cemetery Dance, and followed by Cold Vengeance.

This is book 1 of 2 in The Helen Trilogy. (standard series)

Followed by Cold Vengeance.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Douglas Preston (Author)
  2. Lincoln Child (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 11, 2010
ISBN: 9780446554961
Page Count: 405

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3566.R3982F48 2010
  • Dewey: 813.54 22

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Middle School and up readers could enjoy this book. There are only a few graphic descriptions. The story line moves and keeps the reader interested in turning the page. A good mystery. I do not agree with the reading level. The female character gets into a situation with a mob of men that I would not want my 9 year old reading.

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Relic
  • Reliquary
  • The Cabinet of Curiosities
  • Cemetery Dance
  • The Wheel of Darkness
  • Still Life with Crows
  • Brimstone
  • Dance of Death
  • The Book of the Dead

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