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Extraction
From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child, an all-new short story featuring Agent Pendergast, available only as an ebook and audio download.
In New Orleans' French Quarter, the Tooth Fairy isn't a benevolent sprite who slips money under your pillow at night....he's a mysterious old recluse who must be appeased with teeth--lest he extract retribution. W...more
In New Orleans' French Quarter, the Tooth Fairy isn't a benevolent sprite who slips money under your pillow at night....he's a mysterious old recluse who must be appeased with teeth--lest he extract retribution. W...more
ebook, 128 pages
Published
October 16th 2012
by Grand Central Publishing
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A short story of Agent Pendergast telling his ward, Constance, of a tale from his childhood, an incident that may have had an affect on both him and his younger brother, Diogenes, contributing to the men they became: Pendergast a top FBI agent, Diogenes a broken man.
It involves a nine year old Pendergast and his three years younger brother and the tooth fairy. Not your regular tooth fairy.
In the french Quarter, the children believed an old man that lived in a run-down mansion was the tooth fairy...more
It involves a nine year old Pendergast and his three years younger brother and the tooth fairy. Not your regular tooth fairy.
In the french Quarter, the children believed an old man that lived in a run-down mansion was the tooth fairy...more
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Special Agent Pendergast is an excellent story-teller, so excellent in fact he disturbs himself while recounting a time in his childhood when younger brother, Diogenes, decides to appease the local keeper of TEEFS with one of his own. As much as I love Pendergast and his icy facade and cool personality, his big brother bravery comes off more as big berating bully, and I'm left feeling a little defensive for poor little Diogenes.
A fun, quick-pace read for any Pendergast lover, or reader of local...more
A fun, quick-pace read for any Pendergast lover, or reader of local...more
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OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: Extraction is possibly the first short story written by this acclaimed duo and which also features their signature character Aloysius X. L. Pendergast. I am very much enjoying the current Helen Pendergast trilogy and waiting to see what kind of end the authors have planned in Two Graves, that releases in December. When this short story was announced, I was very intrigued for two major reasons:
(a) because it was set in the past and foc...more
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I've been a big fan of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child since Relic, their first book in the Aloysius Pendergast series. Together and individually, the two authors have written some of the most suspenseful stories of the past two decades. In the short story "Extraction," they turned back the clock to an earlier time when Aloysius and his younger brother Diogenes were kids growing up in New Orleans (the story takes place before the traumatic event that resulted in Diogenes' brain damage).
The sto...more
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Oct 17, 2012
Lori McD
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It's difficult to categorize, rate, and review a book about Special Agent Pendergast, especially a short story from his childhood. But I'll try.
This story is a Pendergast family story at its best. And the best person to tell the tale is Aloysius Pendergast....
The tale involves Aloysius and his younger brother (some would say evil brother) Diogenes, when the family lived in New Orleans. The boys' parents were out of town, and their uncle was staying with them.
There was an urban legend about the...more
This story is a Pendergast family story at its best. And the best person to tell the tale is Aloysius Pendergast....
The tale involves Aloysius and his younger brother (some would say evil brother) Diogenes, when the family lived in New Orleans. The boys' parents were out of town, and their uncle was staying with them.
There was an urban legend about the...more
Like most of the people who have reviewed this short story by the Preston/Child team, I desperately wished Extraction could have been longer. I didn't feel cheated of my 99 cents, but one can never really get enough of the Pendergast family saga. Talk about Southern gothic!
That said, this is a fast, well-crafted, & deeply creepy glimpse into Pendergast's childhood with brother Diogenes, & yet another suggestion of how Diogenes ended up the way he did. Told as a sort of fireside tale by P...more
That said, this is a fast, well-crafted, & deeply creepy glimpse into Pendergast's childhood with brother Diogenes, & yet another suggestion of how Diogenes ended up the way he did. Told as a sort of fireside tale by P...more
Very short little story, only available in e- and audiobook formats, so I read it on my little iPod Touch last night. It was a very quick read, a flashback-style story of Aloysius and Diogenes Pendergast and a little adventure they had as children.
Both Pendergast and Constance seemed a bit... off... in this story; plus I admit that I rolled my eyes at the convenience of an eccentric visitor from Pendergast's past whose comments just happen to inspire the sharing of this macabre little tale. But...more
Both Pendergast and Constance seemed a bit... off... in this story; plus I admit that I rolled my eyes at the convenience of an eccentric visitor from Pendergast's past whose comments just happen to inspire the sharing of this macabre little tale. But...more
This is a short story by authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, meant to tide over their fans last year until the next Pendergast book came out. It's ashort but thrilling tale, where Pendergast tells a ghost story of sorts--his personal ghosts. It's just the sort of story you'd imagine lurking in Pendergast's past. The view into his childhood is revealing, especially his thoughts on his brother. He seems to genuinely regret his behavior towards his brother. And, most telling, he gives the im...more
A really enjoyable read. Agent Pendergast is one of my favorite characters (if we're talking mystery / suspense novels), and this short story captured the essence of what I like about him very well. The language is beautiful and precise. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child set a spooky tone very well. I was pulled into the story from the very first page. I'm glad I bought it, and I'd definitely read it again. In fact, this story reminded me that I should go back and look for those Preston & Ch...more
This was a pretty interesting tale and had some suspense for being so short. I always love how Penderghast can weave a tale together through the styles and musings of Mr. Preston and Mr. Child. Both of these two are masters at the craft and deserve much more credit in this regard. The entire short story is Penderghast telling a story about his youth to his ward Constance. Just like us, she listens with rapt attention and wants to know what will happen next. For fans of these guys, this is a quic...more
Good read, but keep in mind only 19 pages; gripping short story
This Agent Pendergast short, read by actor Rene Auberjonois, was an entertaining (if spooky) look at Aloysius' childhood. In it, he regales his friend Constance with the story of a creepy man in his old New Orleans neighborhood who was reputed to be the tooth fairy. On the night that his younger brother Diogenes goes to leave a tooth, the 9-year-old Pendergast follows him and makes a disturbing discovery.
Auberjonois' vocal characterizations and delivery are pleasant, and the story kept my attent...more
Auberjonois' vocal characterizations and delivery are pleasant, and the story kept my attent...more
Extraction was a great (very) short story that gave a glimpse into the childhood of 9 year old Pendergast and a 6 year old Diogenes... and the local Tooth Fairy lore. It was creepy with a mysterious end to yet another Pendergast family member.
I loved it it but it was so short. I guess it was probably too long to be included in a full length novel and way too short for a stand-alone print novel. So a $0.99 ebook was an excellent idea. I like to see more of these.
As always ... can't wait for the...more
I loved it it but it was so short. I guess it was probably too long to be included in a full length novel and way too short for a stand-alone print novel. So a $0.99 ebook was an excellent idea. I like to see more of these.
As always ... can't wait for the...more
Short. Fun. Not amazing.
I love short stories and novellas. I adore Pendergast yarns. I love them both for different reasons and those reasons do seem to contradict each other. This wasn't the finely wrought thriller I'm accustomed to from a Pendergast tale and I think the format may've had something to do with it. (Or it could be that I've read to much Preston & Child.) Regardless, it was nice to have an appetizer before the release of Two Graves in December. I've missed that house on River...more
I love short stories and novellas. I adore Pendergast yarns. I love them both for different reasons and those reasons do seem to contradict each other. This wasn't the finely wrought thriller I'm accustomed to from a Pendergast tale and I think the format may've had something to do with it. (Or it could be that I've read to much Preston & Child.) Regardless, it was nice to have an appetizer before the release of Two Graves in December. I've missed that house on River...more
I finished reading "Extraction" by Preston and Child, a couple of days ago. I must say that I couldn't think of what to say about it till now. I'm a huge Pendergast fan (who is the main character of this very very short story and Relic series) and I felt like the authors were exploiting him to make an extra buck. The story was good, but it would've been better if it was in one of the books in the series. 30 pages of reminiscing of his childhood. OK story, waste of money. My opinion of course.
It was not bad, but very brief. I have read all of the Pendergast books thus far, so I downloaded this one as soon as it was available. It felt anticlimatic to me. I do not need some long drawn out epic scene to end a story, but it felt very much like it was setting up for a future possible storyline. The 3rd book in the current trilogy releases soon, so I will be curious to see if the story foundations laid here will continue in the next book after the trilogy.
My single favorite recurring character in a mystery / thriller series. Agent Pendergast is an eccentric New Orleans bred FBI special agent who mostly resides in NYC. His family has made their fortune from a checkered past dating back to the 1800s in early America. The series features some super natural phenomena along with some plotlines that look super natural only to reveal that the villain was fooling everyone (except Pendergast of course...) Features lots of recurring characters and while an...more
A rather pointless short story from Preston and Child that doesn't seem to serve any function other than to give fans something involving Pendergast until Two Graves comes out. The story, which involves an incident in Pendergast's and his brother Diogenes' childhood dealing with a Tooth Fairy legend, goes nowhere and adds nothing to the already dense backstory of these characters. It's written well and contains the same flair in describing Pendergast that fans are used to, but that's about it.
Very good quick scary read. Contains our very own Aloyisious X Pendergast. This time him and Constance are waiting for their dinner to get ready. So in the process Constance ask Pendergast for a story of the tooth fairy. But this story of the tooth fairy is one in which you want to run screaming in the other direction with hand over your mouth. Remember kiddies if you loose a tooth, make sure you pay the fairy man lest he come and extract the toll himself. A good, short spooky read that I wish t...more
A short story that has Pendergast recounting a tale from his childhood in New Orleans. It seems in his neighborhood there were two versions of the tooth fairy tale, the one you know and one unique to the area that involved a ramshackle house down the street inhabited by a strange reclusive man. I won’t say much more except that it involves Pendergast and his younger brother Diogenes and a loose tooth.
This is a great little morsel this tale is. Can be read at any time during the series. It is basically just a little story of a neighbor of the Pendergasts when both Alloysious and Diogenes were kids. This is told as Pendergast to Green while waiting for dinner one night. I recommend this story but know that it is just a story. Something to tide you over until you can get to the next novel in the series.
Extraction is a spooky short story by Preston and Child. Like all good short stories it leaves you wanting more - unfortunately, it ends much too soon. It stars Agent Pendergast telling about an incident from his childhood that involves his evil brother. You'll want to keep the lights on as you read this - and you'll tell no more jokes about the tooth fairy!
Loved this spooky short story about an episode in the life of a young Detective A. Pendergast, really wished it was longer though.
This story really opens the readers eyes on the relationship of the Pendergast brothers and the world they came from in the French Quarter... superstious and strange... and perhaps begins to explain how each became the man they are.
This story really opens the readers eyes on the relationship of the Pendergast brothers and the world they came from in the French Quarter... superstious and strange... and perhaps begins to explain how each became the man they are.
I enjoyed this short story as I am a big fan of the Pendergast series; I only wish it were a little bit longer. I also have the audio version of this story and I listened to the first half while driving around doing errands and then finished reading the ebook. I am upset that B&N charged me $1.99 for the pre-order of the ebook, but when it actually came out, it was only .99¢
This was a perfect hold-me-over until the next Pendergast novel came out. The story was creepy, antiquated and dark, in short everything I love about the Pendergast series. As with most short stories I became fully immersed in the tale only to have it end rather abruptly, however that is a fault more of the medium than the authors.
As usual, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child give a masterful writing. One can see the descriptions, and smell the fragrances as if they were at the actual places. The story always grips the imagination, and makes you lean in to get as close to the source as possible so you don't miss a thing. excellent as Always!
2.5 Love all things Pendergast as a general rule and this short is rather creepy. That said it really has no tie-in to his book "Two Graves" and other than giving the readers another glimpse into his young life in New Orleans, it really did not do anything to further the plot in the Pendergast stories.
A thoroughly enjoyable, though very short novel. It explains a lot about the lead character's younger brother. I love the whole idea of it, and the descriptions of inside the house truly gave me the chills. Preston has a great voice, and I cannot wait to read more of his and Child's novels, soon.
Absolutely charming, chilling tale of when Pendergast and his brother were little boys -- couldn't help but be reminded of Guillermo del Toro's take on the Tooth Fairy from a few years ago, but this one does stand on its own. Excellent horror, and it was nice to see Diogenes again and visit New Orleans.
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Douglas Preston was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1956, and grew up in the deadly boring suburb of Wellesley. Following a distinguished career at a private nursery school--he was almost immediately expelled--he attended public schools and the Cambridge School of Weston. Notable events in his early life included the loss of a fingertip at the age of three to a bicycle; the loss of his two fr...more
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