Their descriptions literally made me cringe. The characters were strange, cheaply crafted, robotic stereotypes. It was like being stuck in a loop in a dream about strange happenings at a freak show. I hope that in future works the authors take a step back and allow him to disappear into the shadows again, to reappear in some creepy town where no one knows him, and where the evil he faces is truly unknown, both to him, and the reader. There isn't much mystery left regarding the man himself, unfortunately. I preferred the earlier books, where he was the mysterious outsider, appearing out of nowhere with keen insights and esoteric knowledge which flustered those who opposed him. My second reservation is that I think the author(s) are "jumping the shark" by focusing so much on Pendergast and his family.
Were this a television show, it would be the one shot when the leading actor was sick, or in a contract dispute with the producers. Pendergast is the very soul of this series of books, and to have him appear so little and so late was a peculiar decision, in my opinion.
This was my biggest problem with the book.
Most of the story goes on without him, focusing instead on his evil brother. The story was solid enough, the narration terrific, but I was surprised to find that I was almost at the end of the first of two parts before Agent Pendergast made his first appearance. This is not a bad book, but as a devoted follower of all the Pendergast books I was a bit disappointed.
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