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?
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a Monster On The Loose In New York City's American Museum Of Natural History Provides The Hook For This High-concept, High-energy Thriller. A Statue Of The Mad God Mbwun, A Monstrous Mix Of Man And Reptile, Was Discovered By A Museum Expedition To South America In 1987. Now, It Is About To Become Part Of The New Superstition Exhibition At The Museum (here Renamed The ``new York Museum Of Natural History''). But As The Exhibition's Opening Night Approaches, The Museum May Have To Be Shut Down Due To A Series Of Savage Murders That Seem To Be The Work Of A Maniac-or A Living Version Of Mbwun. When The Museum's Director Pulls Strings To Ensure That The Gala Affair Takes Place, It's Up To A Small Band Of Believers, Led By Graduate Student Margo Green, Her Controversial Adviser And An Fbi Agent Who Investigated Similar Killings In New Orleans, To Stop The Monster-if The Culprit Is Indeed A Monster-from Going On A Rampage. Less Horror Then Action-adventure, The Narrative Builds To A Superbly Exciting Climax, And Then Offers A Final Twist To Boot. With Its Close-up View Of Museum Life And Politics, Plausible Scientific Background, Sharply Drawn Characters And A Plot Line That's Blissfully Free Of Gratuitous Romance, This Well-crafted Novel Offers First-rate Thrills And Chills. Film Rights Optioned By Kennedy-marshall Productions; Audio Rights To Brilliance Corp. (jan.)
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Supernatural
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Tor Books
Author : Preston, Douglas,Child, Lincoln
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :1996-01-15
Number Of Pages : 480
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 0812543262
ISBN-13 : 9780812543261
Item weight : 0.55 lb
Dimensions : 1.25 in x 4.2 in x 7.2 in
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