Harbingers

In the 10th installment of the Repairman Jack series Wilson puts our hero through the ringer. Wilson is taking Jack to a very dark place. As the story go forward we see Jack go from being reserved and at times willing to turn the other cheek. But now we see a Jack that is starting to embrace vengeful cold blooded murder. He has lost everyone in his immediate family. And although estranged from them he cares for them deeply. But now Gia and Vicky are put on the hot plate. Does he have a reason for his vengefulness? Well. Let us just say...he has a right to be pissed off. This part of the series brings Jack head to head with deciding which direction he will choose to go as the possible next Ally. Once he discovers the truth behind the show more conflict between the Ally and The Otherness he sees that Mankind is not being watched over as we might think.
The action in Harbingers is well done and seamlessly picks up from the previous book, Harbingers. Wilson has a way of combining Pop Culture references with humor and character personality. This gives the story a much needed check into the reality that RJ's world. Jack is the man. show less

Jack finally discovers why all of his loved ones are being eliminated: the benign Ally want him as Heir to the Sentinel to keep the malevolent Otherness at bay. Still reeling from the terrorist attack that killed his father at LaGuardia, one of his barmates at Julio's askes him to find his niece. Jack rescues her with the help of a team of yeniceri, who along with the Occuli, try to convert Jack to a member. Then Gia and Vicky are run down, and Jack has to rescue them from comas and death.

Things are looking pretty grim for Repairman Jack, as the Ally continues to try to strip away all of his human ties. An average entry in this long-running series. It looks as if it still has a ways to go before it reaches an end--if it ever does.

This installment of Repairman Jack starts out with Jack saving the niece of a regular at Julio's. This starts a chain of events that isn't really random. He finds the Yeniceri, a group that protects The Oculus, who are the eyes of the Ally, Sound confusing? It's not really. Just imagine the Ally as a kinda, sorta god, add the Otherness, a kinda, sorta devil, the Lady (there are many of them and they all have dogs) , Vicky, Gia, Abe and you get a romp through a super natural thriller.

Somehow I messed up on my Repairman Jack reading and read Bloodlines in 2007 before I had read Harbingers. I really thought I had read all the RJ books as they came out, and didn't ever consider I had missed one. Now Bloodlines makes more sense and I no longer think I suffer from senior moment memory loss! Harbingers, like all of Wilson's Repairman Jack books is a great read. I sort of wish I had discovered them some years in the future though, when the series is complete. I hate waiting for the next book!

Most Repairman Jack books grab you before halfway, but the best part of this book happened within the last quarter. This one also starts a new precedent.

Repairman Jack is my hero! Waited for what seemed a long time for this latest book in the series...and it was worth the wait. I love this series, my only complaint being f paul wilson is slow to publish the newest in series.