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Feb 06, 2017writermike rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Preston and Child's Agent Pendergast mystery thriller series tends to be somewhat uneven in quality, with some volumes soaring to thriller heaven, and others fizzling out on the ground. This one, alas, falls into the latter category. One must make allowances for potboilers in general, but the less-than-artful plot contrivances and coincidences in Obsidian Chamber strain suspension of disbelief to the very breaking point. Fans will be mildly diverted; other readers should start with the earlier, rather better, Pendergast stories featuring Pendergast's arch-villain brother Diogenes (Brimstone, Dance of Death, Book of the Dead) to get a better idea of why you should care about what's going on in this novel.