Brimstone (novel)

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Brimstone
Author	Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Diogenes Trilogy
Genre(s)	Suspense
Publisher	Warner Books
Publication date	2004
Media type	Hardcover, Paperback
Pages	497 (Hardcover)
ISBN	ISBN 0446576972
Preceded by	Still Life with Crows
Followed by	Dance of Death

Brimstone is a novel written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, published in 2004. It is the first novel in the trilogy that includes Dance of Death (2005) and The Book of the Dead (2006).

[edit] Plot summary

FBI Special Agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast and Sergeant Vincent D'Agosta, now working for the Southampton Police Department, investigate a series of unusual deaths— deaths that appear to be the work of Lucifer in return for pacts entered in with him by his victims. Their investigation takes them from the New York City area, site of the first two deaths, to Florence, Italy where they uncover the motive and method of the killers behind the strange and gruesome deaths. During the course of unraveling the mystery, the truth behind a priceless, missing Stradivarius violin is revealed and a potentially apocalyptic riot with Messianic Christians is averted.

[edit] References to other literary works

• The trapping of Pendergast in the catacombs under Fosco's home bears obvious literary allusion to The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe.
• The character of Count Fosco is a tribute to the classic character of the same name, a villain in Wilkie Collins's novel The Woman in White.

[edit] External links

• Brimstone page from Preston & Child's official web site
• Review on Bookreporter.com
• Excerpt

v • d • e Works by Douglas Preston and/or Lincoln Child Novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child featuring Agent Pendergast: Relic (1995) • Reliquary (1997) • The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002) • Still Life with Crows (2003) • Brimstone (2004) • Dance of Death (2005) • The Book of the Dead (2006) • The Wheel of Darkness (2007) • Cemetery Dance (2008) • Other novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: Mount Dragon (1996) • Riptide (1998) • Thunderhead (1999) • The Ice Limit (2000) • Solo works by Douglas Preston: Jennie (1994) • The Codex (2004) • Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005) • Blasphemy (2008) • Solo works by Lincoln Child: Utopia (2002) • Death Match (2004) • Deep Storm (2007) • Terminal Freeze (2009) • Works by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi: The Monster of Florence (2008)