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Violence
A lot
Multiple murders and confrontations with genuine supernatural menace
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Deep horror atmosphere; the undead premise is played straight and is genuinely disturbing
What this book is about
A man is murdered in front of witnesses — by a neighbor who died two weeks earlier. Pendergast and D'Agosta investigate a case that leads them into the world of a secretive Haitian religious community and something that might actually be Vodou. Preston and Child's ninth Pendergast novel goes full supernatural horror.
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Horror violence and undead themes
Supernatural murders
Disturbing content
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