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Violence
A lot
Mysterious deaths; cult violence; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Moderate alcohol and drug references in 1970s Satanic cult
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Satanic imagery; supernatural dread; cult trauma from past
What this book is about
The 5th Pendergast novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2004) and the first in the Diogenes Trilogy. A series of men who survived a Satanic ritual in the 1970s are dying under mysterious circumstances — each leaving behind scorched footprints and a smell of brimstone. Pendergast investigates while his brother Diogenes begins making threatening moves. Dark Gothic thriller.
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Satanic cult content
Supernatural horror elements
Sexual content
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