Mount Dragon

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In this thriller from authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, a genetically engineered virus threatens to wipe out humanity

Mount Dragon: an enigmatic research complex hidden in the vast desert of New Mexico. Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca have come to Mount Dragon to work shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet. Led by visionary genius Brent Scopes, their secret goal is a medical breakthrough that promises to bring incalculable benefits to the human race.

But while Scopes believes he is leading the way to a new world order, he may in fact be opening the door to mass human extinction. And when Guy and Susana attempt to stop him they find themselves locked in a frightening battle with Scopes, his henchmen, and the apocalyptic nightmare that science has unleashed . . .

Reviews

“Mount Dragon is as marvelously complex as any thriller I’ve ever read . . . . It is nothing less than a tour de force!” —Stuart Woods, author of Choke

“A delightfully gruesome yarn and an apt mirror of our love-hate relationship with science.” —Business Week

“The writing team that scared the willies out of readers with The Relic returns with a second, equally gripping novel of techno-terror . . . . It’s a grand and scary story, with just enough grisly detail to stimulate real-life fears and characters full enough to engage the attention.” —Publishers Weekly

“Dynamic duo Preston and Child once again demonstrate their mastery of the genre….The thrillfest runs full force to the very last page.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Read this and you’ll be panting for Preston and Child’s next yarn.” —Booklist

About the Author

DOUGLAS PRESTON has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which thirty one have been New York Times bestsellers, a half-dozen reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Yorker. He worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He is president emeritus of the Authors Guild and serves on the Advisory Board of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.

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Lincoln Child is the author of Utopia and Death Match, as well as a number of New York Times bestselling thrillers with Douglas Preston. He lives with his wife and daughter in Morristown, New Jersey.

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Book Details

Imprint: Tor Books

Genre: Thriller

ISBN: 9781429989633

Page Count: 512

On Sale:

November 27, 2007

Books By Douglas Preston