Dos niños han sido salvajemente asesinados en el Museo de Historia Natural de Nueva York. Todo parece indicar que es obra de un psicópata especialmente cruel, aunque algunas voces recuerdan la maldición que acompañó a una anterior expedición abierta en el museo. Nadie parece saber la verdad pero, para cuando la descubran, ya será demasiado tarde...El horror anda suelto. ( )

This was readable, not very engaging. A lot of killing by evisceration.

Things I liked: The descriptions of the museum and how things worked there. The idea of the special "Superstition" show the museum planned to have. No gratuitous sex. An interesting conclusion.

Things that made me not want to keep the book: No engaging characters. ( )

Three of my favourite genres---science fiction, horror, thriller---come together for this exciting beach read which kept me up way past my bedtime. Lots of dark claustrophobic spaces and just enough gore to make the monster all too real, and I appreciated the fact that the novel's main protagonist, special agent Pendergast, was not just another comic book know-it-all hero. It's a shame they made it into such a crappy movie. ( )

(1995)First book by the two authors. Fair horror tale of a monster who hides in the basement of a natural history museum in New York City. Awakened and looking for food brings FBI agent Pendergast into the case. Very readable but not all that good.(PW)A monster on the loose in New York City's American Museum of Natural History provides the hook for this high-concept, high-energy thriller. A statue of the mad god Mbwun, a monstrous mix of man and reptile, was discovered by a Museum expedition to South America in 1987. Now, it is about to become part of the new Superstition Exhibition at the museum (here renamed the "New York Museum of Natural History"). But as the exhibition's opening night approaches, the museum may have to be shut down due to a series of savage murders that seem to be the work of a maniac-or a living version of Mbwun. When the museum's director pulls strings to ensure that the gala affair takes place, it's up to a small band of believers, led by graduate student Margo Green, her controversial adviser and an FBI agent who investigated similar killings in New Orleans, to stop the monster-if the culprit is indeed a monster-from going on a rampage. Less horror then action-adventure, the narrative builds to a superbly exciting climax, and then offers a final twist to boot. With its close-up view of museum life and politics, plausible scientific background, sharply drawn characters and a plot line that's blissfully free of gratuitous romance, this well-crafted novel offers first-rate thrills and chills.

A creature inadvertently brought to the Museum of Natural History from an expedition wreaks havoc. FBI Special Agent Pendergast is introduced. ( )