Badlands
By Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Release Date: 2025-06-03
- Genre: Police Procedural
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return with a thrilling tale of "hair-raising fun" (Kirkus) in which archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, while investigating bizarre deaths in the desert, awaken an ancient evil more terrifying than anything they’ve faced before.
In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found—and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands—lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods.
Is it suicide or… sacrifice?
Agent Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found—exactly like the other—the two realize the case runs deeper than they imagined. As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.
Reviews
Complete nonsense
1By Dgb65Absurd on the surface, and worse in the telling.I struggled to get through it. I hope this was merely a bump in the road.
2By Say-Say JaneSee above. Buyer beware.Interesting and exciting all the way
5By G'Dad12Another good one, very interesting story with one heck of an ending!!Tired
3By aztexpeteSeems like this plot has been done before, more or less. Tired, unfair stereotyping of oil company men was grating and annoying. The flaying of the hanging Nash is silly. Et cetera.Gripping
5By leebtargetAnother engaging thriller from the masters of the genre. Thank you!Bad Lands
5By dj-waLove the Corrie and Nora characters and the series. If you love reading about all the deadly trouble they get into, this one will not disappoint. Spooky too!I love this duo!!
5By ADW.Many of the oldest books by these authors are captivating, thoughtful, researched and educational! I would recommend that people who are new to them start from the beginning! They might be scary to some, but I appreciate the messages they send !
