The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead is the seventh book in the Agent Pendergast series and Book Three of the Diogenes Trilogy. It was published by Grand Central Publishing (then Warner Books) and released on May 30, 2006. The Book of the Dead is the eleventh novel co-written by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Its initial release reached #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Plot Summary
An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit... His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime... A young woman with an extraodinary past, on the edge of a violent breakdown... An ancient Egyptian tomb with an enigmatic curse, about to be unveiled at a celebrity-studded New York gala... Memento Mori -Publisher's synopsis