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** Diogenes gets one as he attempts to make his escape on a train [[spoiler: and discovers Constance has come on board his car with a gun aimed right at his face.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The last 100 or so pages are devoted to [[spoiler: Constance relentlessly hunting Diogenes all over the Earth after completely mind screwing her earlier in the novel.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The fat museum guard's name is Bulke.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Mary Johnson muses to herself about the curse of the Tomb of Senef as she goes to make her rounds inside. She tells herself she's being silly [[spoiler:and then comes across the mutilated corpse of [=DeMeo=].
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* ProperlyParanoid: Mary Johnson muses to herself about the curse of the Tomb of Senef as she goes to make her rounds inside. She tells herself she's being silly [[spoiler:and then comes across the mutilated corpse of [=DeMeo=].]]
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* WhamLine: The final line of the book--[[spoiler:Constance reveals she's [[SurprisePregnancy pregnant]] with Diogenes's child.]]
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Diogenes thinks his plan to get Constance to kill herself is simple and straightforward. Instead, he gives her a new reason to live--to take her revenge on him.]]
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* ThePowerOfHate: Constance finds her reason to keep living.
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* ButtMonkey: Smithback gets maimed again thanks to his involvement with Pendergast. He comes out sporting a sulfuric acid scar this time.
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* NeverMyFault: Inverted [[spoiler:Diogenes ''assumes'' Aloysius feels this way about The Event. He never knew Aloysius had blocked out the memory so he was ''unable'' to apologize or take responsibility for what happened. His later, fervent denials that he ever did anything to hurt Diogenes simply furthered this conviction.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Glinn specifically chose [[spoiler:the prisoner Pendergast has to kill to get out of prison]] because of his heinous crimes. He deserved to die, so it wasn't all that wrong to kill him.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Smithback wryly notes that with all the important people at the opening, "If somebody nuked the joint[...] the repercussions wouldn't just be national--they'd be global."
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** When arriving at the opening gala, Smithback notes the presence of Wanda Meursault, the actress who used the [[Literature/DanceOfDeath Sacred Images opening controversy]] to boost her exposure.
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* OhCrap: When Pendergast learns that the Tomb of Senef is a sound and light show, he makes the connection to [[spoiler:The Event and realizes Diogenes's plan.]]
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* EurekaMoment: Smithback figures out that [[spoiler:Diogenes is Menzies]] when he has to duck into the closet at his house and notices [[spoiler:''two'' distinct types of jackets that no one person would ever mix.]]
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* BigNo: Bulke lets out an increasing string of these when he's set upon by [[spoiler:Lipper]] in the museum's attic.
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* CursedWithAwesome: Diogenes describes Constance's immortality this way.
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* HeroicBSOD: Mary Johnson is found in a corner, staring at the ceiling and crying freely after [[spoiler:she discovers [=DeMeo=]'s body]].
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Constance throws Diogenes into the Sciara del Fuoco.]]
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* BallroomBlitz: The opening of the Tomb of Senef is a high society social event.
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* ClearTheirName: Smithback and Hayward team up to find the evidence that Pendergast was framed.
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* CuteBookworm: Constance has had over a century to read, and she's put the time to good use.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Diogenes exploits this feeling in Constance, pretending to be a kindred soul.
* InTheBlood: Diogenes was born with the natural inclination towards insanity and evil that runs in the Pendergast line.
* InTheBlood: Diogenes was born with the natural inclination towards insanity and evil that runs in the Pendergast line.
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* IrrationalHatred: Diogenes for Pendergast.
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* NoNameGiven[=/=]LastNameBasis: D'Agosta tries to get Proctor to be less formal with him, but he won't even give him his first name.
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* NoSenseOfHumor: No matter how hard D'Agosta tries to joke or talk with Proctor during their stakeout of the prison, he flatly replies with a word or two at a time.
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* BattleButler: Proctor is instrumental in the plot to break Pendergast out of prison.
-->The man was no mere chauffeur--D'Agosta had figured that out as soon as he saw him break down and stow away a [=CAR-15/XM-117=] Commando in less than sixty seconds--but he could never seem to penetrate Proctor's [[TheStoic Jeeves-like opacity]].
-->The man was no mere chauffeur--D'Agosta had figured that out as soon as he saw him break down and stow away a [=CAR-15/XM-117=] Commando in less than sixty seconds--but he could never seem to penetrate Proctor's [[TheStoic Jeeves-like opacity]].
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* TheCasanova: While stewing to himself over Nora's rejection, Adrian tells himself there are ''tons'' of eager interns and low level women back at the British Museum who are very receptive to him.
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* ContinuityNod: When first venturing to the Tomb of Senef, Adrian, Nora and Menzies note a stain on the frescoed walls. It's blood from the [[Literature/TheRelic Mbwun attacks]].
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* EvilBrit: Played with [[spoiler:Adrian is just a HandsomeLech who relentlessly hits on Nora. After his brain is damaged by the sound and light show, he has no inhibition filter and tries to rape and kill Nora for spurning his advances.]]
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* IronicEcho: While [[spoiler:trying to have Pendergast murdered]], Agent Coffey threatens the guards with termination and transfer to North Dakota. When everything comes crashing down on him, Coffey is [[spoiler:heavily demoted and transferred to North Dakota]].
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* ProfessionalButtKisser: Agent Rabiner to Agent Coffey.
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* ClimacticVolcanoBackdrop: [[spoiler:Constance]] and Diogenes have their final confrontation at the Sciara del Fuoco on Stromboli. Diogenes invokes the trope, as he leads the fight there so he can use the dangerous area (which he knows well) as an advantage.
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Pendergast has no memory of The Event which made his brother evil, to the point where he honestly insists that it did not happen and Diogenes was simply "born bad." [[spoiler:The horrors that he saw happen to his brother in the magic lantern box were so traumatic he repressed the entire memory of going into the subbasement with his brother. When he awoke from the ordeal, he believed his parent's story about his brother being sick with scarlet fever. Diogenes believed he was simply ''denying'' that he had done anything to him and had no remorse, causing his undying hatred of his older brother.]]
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Pendergast has no memory of The Event which made his brother evil, to the point where he honestly insists that it did not happen and Diogenes was simply "born bad." [[spoiler:The horrors that he saw happen to his brother in the magic lantern box were so traumatic he repressed the entire memory of going into the subbasement with his brother. When he awoke from the ordeal, he believed his parent's parents' story about his brother being sick with scarlet fever. Diogenes believed he was simply ''denying'' that he had done anything to him and had no remorse, causing his undying hatred of his older brother.]]
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* BrownNote: [[spoiler:The light and sound show Diogenes creates is designed to induce brain damage and insanity in the viewer.]]
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* GeniusCripple: Glinn.
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Pendergast has no memory of The Event which made his brother evil, to the point where he honestly insists that it did not happen and Diogenes was simply "born bad." [[spoiler:The horrors that he saw happen to his brother in the magic lantern box were so traumatic he repressed the entire memory of going into the subbasement with his brother. When he awoke from the ordeal, he believed his parent's story about his brother being sick with scarlet fever. Diogenes believed he was simply ''denying'' that he had done anything to him and had no remorse, causing his undying hatred of his older brother.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Comstock Pendergast placed a single shot derringer in his magic lantern box intended for the victim to put themselves out of their misery. Whatever horrible things were in the show, it was enough to cause a ''seven year old'' to prefer death.]]
** [[spoiler:Diogenes masterminds a seduction of Constance simply to drive her to kill herself.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Diogenes seduces Constance using many speeches about how alike they are and setting himself up as a kindred soul to her. He even fakes suicide scars so she will relate to him.]]
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* BigEater: Both Smithback and Viola. Smithback is rather pleased when he notices her gorging on the buffet table as whole-heartedly as he is.
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* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:Adrian attacks Nora in her office in retaliation for her spurning his advances. He rips open her shirt and is about to choke her unconscious when help arrives]].
* TheChessmaster: Diogenes is pulling the strings the whole time [[spoiler:as the unassuming Dr. Menzies]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: What the hieroglyphs on the Tomb of Senef promise anyone who violates it.
* GreatEscape: D'Agosta and some of Pendergast's surviving friends concoct an elaborate prison break to free Pendergast.
* HandsomeLech: Adrian makes constant passes at Nora and is not deterred by the fact that she is married.
* HappilyMarried: Nora firmly tells Adrian she's happily married and has no interest in him.
* ItsPersonal: Agent Coffey hates Pendergast so much, he's willing to do anything to destroy him.
* PrisonRape: Agent Coffey sets Pendergast up to be raped by the most brutal gang in the prison as a way to soften him up for a confession.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Lipper and [=DeMeo=]]].
* SealedEvilInACan: The files on the Tomb of Senef from the 1930s suggest it was sealed because of mysterious deaths and rumors of curses that surrounded it.
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* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:Adrian attacks Nora in her office in retaliation for her spurning his advances. He rips open her shirt and is about to choke her unconscious when help arrives]].
* TheChessmaster: Diogenes is pulling the strings the whole time [[spoiler:as the unassuming Dr. Menzies]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: What the hieroglyphs on the Tomb of Senef promise anyone who violates it.
* GreatEscape: D'Agosta and some of Pendergast's surviving friends concoct an elaborate prison break to free Pendergast.
* HandsomeLech: Adrian makes constant passes at Nora and is not deterred by the fact that she is married.
* HappilyMarried: Nora firmly tells Adrian she's happily married and has no interest in him.
* ItsPersonal: Agent Coffey hates Pendergast so much, he's willing to do anything to destroy him.
* PrisonRape: Agent Coffey sets Pendergast up to be raped by the most brutal gang in the prison as a way to soften him up for a confession.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Lipper and [=DeMeo=]]].
* SealedEvilInACan: The files on the Tomb of Senef from the 1930s suggest it was sealed because of mysterious deaths and rumors of curses that surrounded it.
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Pendergast is locked in a high security prison, awaiting trial for the crimes his brother has committed. D'Agosta's career as an NYPD officer is all but over after his assistance to Pendergast. Margo still fights for her life in intensive care after narrowly escaping Diogenes. Life must go on though, and Nora Kelley is put in charge of putting together a high profile exhibit for the museum, reopening The Tomb of Senef -- a complete Egyptian tomb that was transported to the museum brick by brick -- at the behest of a donor who suddenly gives the museum ten million dollars for this sole purpose. As she and her colleagues work to restore the tomb on schedule, strange rumors of the tomb's curse and bloody past start to circulate, and terrible things begin to happen to the people working the restoration.
All the while, D'Agosta gathers Pendergast's friends to enact a daring rescue from an impenetrable prison.
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''Book Of The Dead'' is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child first published in 2006. It is part of their informal [[Literature/AgentPendergast Agent Pendergast series]].
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''Book Of The Dead'' is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child first published in 2006. It is part of their informal [[Literature/AgentPendergast Agent Pendergast series]].
