Charles backed down. He is reputed to have said, Capon…

“The Tyrannosaurus rex was a creature of the jungle. She lived in the deepest forests and swamps of North America, not long after it…

— Douglas Preston

Pirate Hunters is a fantastic book, an utterly engrossing and satisfying read. It tells the story of the hunt for the rare wreck of…

— Douglas Preston

“She’s more a daiquiri and margarita drinker.”“We all have our flaws,” said Pendergast.”

— Douglas Preston

“No civilization has survived forever. All move toward dissolution, one after the other, like waves of the sea falling upon the shore. None, including…

— Douglas Preston

“What the hell was your pal Bertin demanding?” he asked. “Sipping syrup?” “It’s a cocktail he prefers when he gets, ah, overly excited.” “A…

— Douglas Preston

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

— Douglas Preston

“When the team excavated, they uncovered the shattered ruins of a fortress, over fifteen centuries old, with massive walls and eight towers, matching the…

— Douglas Preston

“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the future.”

— Douglas Preston

I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or…

— Douglas Preston

“A strange, pale figure emerged—Pendergast?—and she felt herself suddenly in his arms, lifted bodily as if she were a child again, her head cradled…

— Douglas Preston

“Boxer altered his course subtly, as if that was the way he'd already been going, not looking up to acknowledge he had heard, letting…

— douglas preston

“Global warming has opened the southern door of the United States not just to leish but to many other diseases. The big ones now…

— Douglas Preston

I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak…

— Douglas Preston

“William Duncan Strong was a scholar, a man ahead of his time: quiet, careful and meticulous in his work, averse to spectacle and publicity.…

— Douglas Preston

“Religion arose as an effort to explicate the inexplicable, control the uncontrollable, make bearable the unbearable. Belief in a higher power became the most…

— Douglas Preston