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The Relic

  • 1995 first published
  • 471 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (10 ratings)
  • 29 editions

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child and Lincoln Child Douglas Preston's The Relic (1995) is a horror novel. The story is set in Amazon River Valley and New York, N.Y.. Key subjects include Indians of South America, antiquities, collection and preservation and indians of south america.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 113 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 29 editions.

At about 471 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About The Relic

As taken from the author website (www.prestonchild.com): Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who--or what--is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Indians of South America
  • Antiquities
  • Indians of South America in fiction
  • Collection and preservation
  • Antiquities in fiction
  • New york, N.y.
  • Horror
  • Indians of south america

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Relic?

The Relic was written by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child and Lincoln Child Douglas Preston and first published in 1995.

What genre is The Relic?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is The Relic?

The median edition has 471 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Relic?

Readers who like it often enjoy Secrets of the Morning, Falling Stars and City of Fallen Angels.

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