Agent Pendergast · Book 6

Dance of Death

Published
1 January 2005
Pages
580
ISBN-13
9780752882895
Type
novel
Cover of Dance of Death

About this book

The sixth Agent Pendergast novel, "Dance of Death" (2005, 580 pages) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, is part of the Diogenes trilogy centered on Pendergast's estranged, dangerous twin brother.

Key facts about Dance of Death

Dance of Death is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Readers have had it since 2005. It runs to 580 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of Dance of Death. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780752882895 to find the main one.

Dance of Death is book 6 of 24 in the Agent Pendergast series. The series has 24 published books. However, the series starts with Relic (1995). Pendergast: The Beginning is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 January 2026.

Additionally, Douglas Preston writes Wyman Ford, Gideon Crew and Nora Kelly, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Paradox is the latest published Douglas Preston book on file, from 1 April 2026.

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is an American author best known for co-writing the Agent Pendergast series with Lincoln Child, following eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast through cases that combine forensic thriller plotting with gothic horror, secret history, and outsized set pieces. See every Douglas Preston book in order.

Its place in Agent Pendergast

Dance of Death is book 6 in the Agent Pendergast series. It follows Brimstone. It is followed by The Book of the Dead. See the full Agent Pendergast reading order.

Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is an FBI investigator like no other: a wealthy, aristocratic New Orleans blue-blood with encyclopedic knowledge, unsettling composure, and a habit of solving cases through methods well outside FBI procedure — forensic deduction crossed with historical research, occult folklore and outright derring-do. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child built the series out of their 1995 debut Relic (adapted into the 1997 film), and it has grown into a sprawling saga that ranges from New York…

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