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Synopsis: Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human...
But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.
Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who-or what-is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre?


My Opinion: Awesome!
For my previous review about this series please go HERE.

In Relic, the 1st installment of the Pendergast series, a terrible creature haunts the corridors of the Museum of Natural History of New York. The police, helped by FBI agent Pendergast, are sent to investigate the murders commited in the Museum... but are they prepared to face the truth?

This is a thrilling and absolutely fascinating novel. A movie was made based on it but I watched it a long time ago so I can't remember if it's faithful to the novel. One thing is sure: there is no Pendergast in the movie. I don't know why and I was so disappointed by it because I really wanted to see who they'd cast as the FBI agent.
As I wrote, this is the first novel of the series and I've just read it. If you're wondering why, it's because when I bought the 3rd novel "The Cabinet of Curiosities", I didn't know it was a series and when I realised it, the first two books were out of print so I had to buy the other ones. But this is actually a good thing as it was nice to read about the characters' first meeting and I was able to distinguish some differences between this debut and the rest of the series.

First of all, Pendergast isn't the main character of the novel. It is written from several points of view but Margo Green is more present in the novel than him and she is the true heroine in it.
Moreover, the agent is a bit different, he isn't as sure of himself as in the other novels, he seems less in control and not as well-educated. Those changes are really small and Pendergast is basically the same but it's funny to see how the authors have improved him in the other books.

This novel also introduces characters we'll meet again in the series like Vincent D'Agosta, William Smithback and Dr. Frock.
Just like in the other books, Relic is a great mix of police investigation and fantasy/horror with some "scientific" explanations. I simply have no words to describe how much I like this series. Each book is a real page-turner, exciting and enthralling, and deserves to be read.


To summarize: ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED!