PENDERGAST THE BEGINNING by Douglas Preston (Audiobook)(Fiction)

PENDERGAST THE BEGINNING by Douglas Preston (Audiobook)(Fiction)
Authors: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child; narrated by Jefferson Mays
Full title: Pendergast: The Beginning
Length: unabridged; approximately 11 hours 30 minutes
Release date: January 27, 2026
Genre/Categories: Fiction; Thriller; Crime; Gothic procedural

Set years before Relic, the novel follows Special Agent Dwight Chambers, a grieving New Orleans–based FBI agent assigned to mentor a brilliant but unnerving rookie: A.X.L. Pendergast. After Pendergast pulls an outrageous stunt that gets them both suspended, he drags Chambers to Mississippi to investigate an odd homicide that has “captured his fancy.” What begins as a seemingly whimsical side case turns into a nightmare as they uncover a series of grisly ritual killings that match no known serial‑killer profile, forcing Chambers to confront Pendergast’s unorthodox methods, occult‑tinged intuitions, and the true horror that emerges once they think the case is solved.