The Book of the Dead (novel)

The Book of the Dead
Hardcover edition
AuthorDouglas Preston
Lincoln Child
Cover artistStanislaw Fernandes
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDiogenes Trilogy, Aloysius Pendergast
GenreThriller
PublisherWarner Books
Publication date
July 1, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages640 pp.
ISBN0-446-61850-0
OCLC144811105
Preceded byDance of Death 
Followed byThe Wheel of Darkness 

The Book of the Dead is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child published on July 1, 2007, by Warner Books. This is the seventh book in the Special Agent Pendergast series.[1] Also, it is the third and final installment to the trilogy concentrating on Pendergast and his relationship with Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta in their pursuit to stop Pendergast's brother, Diogenes.[2]

Preston and Child call these books the Diogenes trilogy. The three books in the trilogy start with Brimstone in 2004 and continue with Dance of Death in 2005. This final book was released on May 30, 2006, and has been on the New York Times Best Seller list, reaching as high as #4 on the list.