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Agent Pendergast · Book 24

Pendergast: The Beginning

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Published
27 January 2026
Pages
384
ISBN-13
9781538765746
Type
novel
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Cover of Pendergast: The Beginning

About this book

Published last, as book twenty-three in January 2026, "Pendergast: The Beginning" is a prequel set in story chronology before "Relic" — Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's 1995 series debut — and can be read either first for chronological backstory or last, as intended, once the character is already familiar.

Key facts about Pendergast: The Beginning

Pendergast: The Beginning is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Readers have had it since 27 January 2026. It runs to 384 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Pendergast: The Beginning. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781538765746 to find the main one.

Pendergast: The Beginning is book 24 of 24 in the Agent Pendergast series. The series has 24 published books. However, the series starts with Relic (1995). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

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

Pendergast: The Beginning is book 24 in the Agent Pendergast series. It follows Angel of Vengeance. 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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