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Agent Pendergast · Book 2

Reliquary

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Published
1 January 1997
Pages
464
ISBN-13
9780312860950
Type
novel
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About this book

The second Agent Pendergast novel, "Reliquary" (1997, 464 pages) continues Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's New York museum horror, following the eerie, courtly agent whose forensic deduction blends historical research with the strange and unexplained.

Key facts about Reliquary

Reliquary is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Readers have had it since 1997. It runs to 464 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Reliquary. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312860950 to find the main one.

Reliquary is book 2 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

Reliquary is book 2 in the Agent Pendergast series. It follows Relic. It is followed by The Cabinet of Curiosities. 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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