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Violence
A lot
Brutal murder of a series regular; zombie cult violence; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Drug use in Haitian vodou ritual context
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Murder of a beloved series character; voodoo and zombification horror
What this book is about
The 9th Pendergast novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2009) in which William Smithback, the journalist who has appeared throughout the series, is brutally murdered — apparently by his neighbor, who is then found dead. The evidence points to a Haitian cult involving zombification. Pendergast investigates the intersection of criminal conspiracy and genuine supernatural possibility.
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Murder of recurring character
Zombie/vodou cult content
Ritual drug use
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