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Violence
A lot
Deaths aboard ship; supernatural madness driving murders; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual tension between characters
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate alcohol in upper-class ocean liner setting
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Supernatural insanity as weapon; deaths in confined ship setting create claustrophobic dread
What this book is about
The 8th Pendergast novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2007). After a stay at a Tibetan monastery, Pendergast and his ward Constance Greene pursue a stolen Buddhist artifact — the Agozyen — that is said to drive its viewer insane. The pursuit takes them aboard the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner where passengers begin dying in mysterious ways. Gothic horror on the high seas.
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Supernatural horror
Deaths from madness-induced violence
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