Badlands

<p><b>The #1 New York Times bestselling authors return with a scintillating supernatural-themed thriller. Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson investigate bizarre deaths in the New Mexico desert, but awaken an ancient evil.</b><br><br>In the New Mexico desert badlands, a woman''s skeleton is found with two rare artefacts clutched in her hands: lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods.<br><br>Was it suicide... or <i>sacrifice</i>?<br><br>FBI Special Agent Corrie Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found in identical circumstances, they realise the case runs deeper than they imagined.<br><br>As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.<br><br><b>Reviews for Preston and Child</b><br><br>''Get ready for the ride of your life'' <b>David Baldacci</b><br>''Preston and Child know how to craft compelling stories that are both baffling and surprising.'' <b><i>Associated Press</i></b></p>