β Scribed by F. Paul Wilson
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This is the way the world endsnot with a bang but a scream in the dark.
It begins at dawn, when the sun rises late. Then the holes appear. The first forms in Central Park, in sight of an apartment where Repairman Jack and a man as old as time watch with growing dread. Gaping holes, bottomless and emptyuntil sundown, when the first unearthly, hungry creatures appear.
Nightworld brings F. Paul Wilsons Adversary Cycle and Repairman Jack saga to an apocalyptic finale as Jack and Glaeken search the Secret History to gather a ragtag army for a last stand against the Otherness and a hideously transformed Rasalom.
Fans of Wilsons Adversary Cycle who are thinking, Wait a minute; I read this one already, should think again. The novel, originally published 20 years ago as the sixth and final volume of the series, has been reissued in a revised form. The author has beefed up the role of Repairman Jack and made other changes to more fully incorporate the novel into the multibook Secret History of the World. Readers who arent familiar with the authors previous books will be utterly lost in this one (which begins with the worlds daylight hours shrinking and ends with a battle for the future of earth itself). On the other hand, fans of the Repairman Jack novels will enjoy their heros expanded role here; in the original version of the book, written before the Repairman Jack series, he was a minor player, but here the author has tweaked the text to incorporate events and characters from books written after the original came out. For Repairman Jack followers, this is a must-read. --David Pitt
Praise for F. Paul Wilson
Simply put, Nightworld is F. Paul Wilson's masterpiece.... Highly recommended.
SFRevuSci-Fi, horror, crime: its hard to define Wilsons tale since it cannily incorporates all genres and, as always, the pivotal point is the inimitable Repairman Jack, one of the most original characters ever introduced to readers. RT Reviews, 4 1/2 stars on The Dark At the End
Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages. His adventures are hugely entertaining.
Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author of Strangers
Jack stand[s] out from the supernatural pack. The books are about an ordinary guy doing whatever it takes to protect the innocent, and thats a story that always has resonance. Chicago Sun-Times
A canny mix of sci-fi paranoia and criminal mayhem. Bloodline starts fast, keeps the accelerator down, and defies you to stop reading. Entertainment Weekly
Library : General
Universes : The Adversary Cycle [06]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780765321671
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