I currently have skipped the second book in the series my friend told me its not necessary to read it. So here I read the third one. It was really good, at first I found it a little slower paced than I did "Relic" which is the first in the Pendergast series, but in the end I really enjoyed it it picked up speed and I didn't want to put it down, and in the end I was very happy. I cannot wait to read the next one in the series.