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Thunderhead (novel)
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Thunderhead is a novel
by Douglas Preston
and Lincoln Child
about a woman named Nora Kelly who finds a letter that was written sixteen years ago, but mysteriously sent to her only recently. The letter is written by her father, long believed dead. The letter talks about a lost city of gold that will make him famous and rich. This then leads Nora Kelly into leading an expedition into a harsh and remote corner of Utah
's canyon country. There she searches for her father and his discovery and begins to unravel one of archeology's greatest mysteries.
, grandmother of Lincoln Child.
series, and is revealed to have achieved some level of fame based on his novelization of the events depicted in Relic. Nora Kelly later appears as a supporting character in the Pendergast series, starting with The Cabinet of Curiosities
in 2002.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston is an American author who has written seventeen popular techno-thriller and horror novels, four alone and the rest with Lincoln Child...
and Lincoln Child
Lincoln Child
Lincoln Child is an author of seventeen techno-thriller and horror novels. He often writes with Douglas Preston. Many of their novels have become bestsellers, and one, Relic, was adapted into a feature film...
about a woman named Nora Kelly who finds a letter that was written sixteen years ago, but mysteriously sent to her only recently. The letter is written by her father, long believed dead. The letter talks about a lost city of gold that will make him famous and rich. This then leads Nora Kelly into leading an expedition into a harsh and remote corner of Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
's canyon country. There she searches for her father and his discovery and begins to unravel one of archeology's greatest mysteries.
Background
The character of Nora Kelly is modeled on the amateur archaeologist and writer Nora Benjamin KubieNora Benjamin Kubie
Nora Benjamin Kubie was an American writer, artist and amateur archaeologist.Born Eleanor Gottheil, she was the daughter of Muriel H. and Paul Gotteil, an executive with the Cunard Line in New York. She graduated from the Calhoun School in New York, delivering the valedictory speech in 1916...
, grandmother of Lincoln Child.
Continuity
Bill Smithback, the journalist hired to chronicle the expedition, previously appeared in Preston and Child's Aloysius PendergastAloysius Pendergast
Aloysius Xingu L. Pendergast is a fictional character appearing in novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He first appeared as a supporting character in their first novel, Relic, and in its sequel Reliquary, before assuming the protagonist role in The Cabinet of Curiosities.Pendergast is a...
series, and is revealed to have achieved some level of fame based on his novelization of the events depicted in Relic. Nora Kelly later appears as a supporting character in the Pendergast series, starting with The Cabinet of Curiosities
The Cabinet of Curiosities
The Cabinet of Curiosities is a 2002 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.-Plot summary:Dr. Nora Kelly's life as an archeologist at New York City's American Museum of Natural History becomes complicated when Aloysius X. L...
in 2002.