# Badlands - Paperback

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by **Douglas J. Preston** (Author), **Lincoln Child** (Author)

**The #1 _New York Times_ bestselling authors Preston & Child return with a thrilling tale in which archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, while investigating bizarre deaths in the desert, awaken an ancient evil more terrifying than anything they've faced before.**

**"Hair-raising fun." --_Kirkus Reviews_**

In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found, and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands--lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods. Is it suicide or ... sacrifice? Agent Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate.

When a second body is found--exactly like the other--the two realize the case runs deeper than they imagined. As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.

### Author Biography

The thrillers of **Douglas Preston** and **Lincoln Child** "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (_Publishers Weekly_). Preston and Child's _Relic_ and _The Cabinet of Curiosities_ were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and _Relic_ was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include _The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, Diablo Mesa, Bloodless, The Scorpion's Tail,_ and _Crooked River_. In addition to his novels, Preston is the author of the award-winning nonfiction book _The Lost City of the Monkey God_. Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published eight novels of his own, including such bestsellers as _Chrysalis_ and _Deep Storm_.

**Number of Pages:** 384

**Dimensions:** 0.94 x 7.98 x 5.32 IN

**Publication Date:** July 21, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 26.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Occult & Supernatural, Police Procedural, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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