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Before the legend, there was a beginning
FBI Special Agent Dwight Chambers is at the end of his career when he is assigned to mentor a brilliant but reckless new recruit named A.X.L. Pendergast. Within days, Pendergast's unconventional methods get them both suspended, but for the young agent, suspension is just an opportunity to pursue a peculiar murder case in Mississippi.
The investigation leads them into the shadowed back roads of the Deep South, where a pattern of ritualistic killings suggests something far darker than a simple murder spree. As they track a killer whose obsessions blur the line between murder and the occult, Chambers begins to understand that his strange new partner sees connections others miss.
Narrated by Jefferson Mays, this origin story reveals how the enigmatic FBI agent became the legend readers know, as his partnership with Chambers is forged under the most harrowing circumstances imaginable.
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Experience Pendergast: The Beginning by number one New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the highly anticipated origin story of one of thriller fiction's most iconic characters. This standalone novel serves as the perfect entry point for new readers and a must-have addition for devoted fans of the Agent Pendergast series.
Start with a free trial you can cancel anytime. This audiobook runs 12 hrs 27 mins with narration by Jefferson Mays, whose masterful performance brings depth and gravitas to both the jaded Chambers and the brilliant, unpredictable young Pendergast as their partnership forms under the most harrowing circumstances.
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