Relic (Preston and Child novel)

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Relic

Author	Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston
Language	English
Series	Aloysius Pendergast
Genre	Horror, science fiction, thriller
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	1995
Publication place	United States
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	480
ISBN	0-8125-4326-2
OCLC	34014907
Followed by	Reliquary

Relic is a 1995 novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and the first in the Special Agent Pendergast series. As a horror novel and techno-thriller, it comments on the possibilities inherent in genetic manipulation, and is critical of museums and their role both in society and in the scientific community. It is the basis of the film The Relic (1997).