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FBI Special Agent Pendergast arrives at a grand Long Island estate after a body is discovered in its attic. The scene is marked by a scorched hoofprint and the choking odor of sulfur. As he delves into the murder, Pendergast learns that four men staged an unspeakable act three decades earlier—an act that may have unleashed a deviant force that now threatens to claim its due.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Suspense/Supernatural Suspense
Authors: Douglas Preston
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