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Thunderhead

  • 1999 first published
  • 533 pages
  • ★ 3.4 (5 ratings)
  • 8 editions

Thunderhead is a 1999 horror and adventure fiction novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Much of the action takes place in Utah. Readers will find themes of prehistoric Hoards, women archaeologists, pueblo Indians and indians of north america.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 13 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

At about 533 pages, most readers finish it in 9–10 hours.

About Thunderhead

The bestselling authors of "The Relic" deliver a "highly readable tale of adventure and long-ago crimes" ("Dallas Morning News"). An archeologist goes in search of the fabled Lost City of Gold, an expedition her father had begun 16 years earlier before he mysteriously vanished in southeast Utah.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Prehistoric Hoards
  • Quivira, Legendary place
  • Women archaeologists
  • Pueblo Indians
  • Action & adventure
  • Horror
  • Utah
  • Indians of north america

Quick answers

Who wrote Thunderhead?

Thunderhead was written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child and first published in 1999.

What genre is Thunderhead?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Adventure.

How long is Thunderhead?

The median edition has 533 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Thunderhead?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, The Lightning Thief and City of Bones.

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