Pendergast: The Beginning by Douglas PrestonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Hark! A (near) modern Prometheus! Preston and Child take a break from the present day and the wild time travel shenanigans of the Leng arc to give us a great new starting point for potential new Pendergast fans, with the 1994 case that got him kicked out of New Orleans before the events of Relic - and in fact, a chapter from that 1995 novel is the epilogue of this book, in which Pendergast meets D’Agosta for the first time. Here, however, Pendergast is partnered with a recently widowed New Orleans FBI agent, Dwight Chambers, tracking a particularly warped new serial killer that fits very well into the horror genre once again. And while it’s an early case for Pendergast, it’s also the origin story of Proctor, before he became Pendergast’s chauffeur and majordomo of many special skills. It’s a treat for us longtime fans, and a great place to start for new readers who can then jump back to Relic and continue the series from there.
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