Nightworld
by F. Paul Wilson
The Adversary Cycle {Chronological Order} (May Y0), The Adversary Cycle {Publication Order} (6), The Secret History of the World Publication Order (1992), Repairman Jack (16), The Secret History of the World Chronological Order (May Y0)
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This is the way the world ends...not 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 empty...until sundown, when the first unearthly, hungry creatures appear. Nightworldbrings F. Paul Wilson's Adversary Cycle and Repairman Jack saga to an apocalyptic finale as Jack and Glaeken show more search the Secret History to gather a ragtag army for a last stand against the Otherness and a hideously transformed Rasalom. show lessTags
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The final Adversary novel has been significantly revised by author F. Paul Wilson some 20 years after its first publication to dovetail the ending of the Repairman Jack series. Rasalom begins the process that will bring about the end of the world, starting with a bottomless sinkhole in Central Park, unleashing nightmarish creatures seen earlier in the Florida swamps on NYC. Glaeken and Jack have to assemble a weapon from Hawaii and Eastern Europe as well as rally various disbelievers to their cause, as days are ever shortening to become the endless night of Rasalom. There are also many cameo appearances by central characters from earlier books, at least the ones who are still alive. The intermittent radio broadcaster comments, show more accompanied by pertinent songs, and the movie lists are an excellent side narrative. show less
An incredible ending to an incredible series. Bittersweet with some plot holes and continuity issues but the story is great.
The 5 stars isn't all for this book, but more for wrapping up the whole series of 20 or so book in a very satisfying way
If you've come to this book from the Repairman Jack series, be prepared for some serious discontinuity.
I just read the updated 2012 version. Very good, satisfying end to the series.
Great ending to a great series!
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Author F. Paul Wilson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on May 17, 1946. He has written over forty books and short story collections. He is best known for the Repairman Jack series and the Sims series. He won the Prometheus Award in 1979 for Wheels Within Wheels and in 2004 for Sims. He also won a 1984 Progie Award from the West Coast Review of show more Books for The Tomb, the Hall of Fame Award from the Libertarian Futurist Society in 1990 for Healer and in 1991 for An Enemy of the State, and the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for short fiction for Aftershock. His book The Keep was made into a film in 1983. In 2012 his title Nightworld made The New York Times Bestseller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- NIGHTWORLD
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Repairman Jack; Glaeken; Rasalom; William "Bill" Ryan; Carol Teece; Kolabati Bakhti (show all 24); Ba Thuy Nguyen; Sylvia Nash; Alan Bulmer; Jeffery Nash; Moki; Abe Grossman; Gia DiLauro; Vicky Westphalen; Julio; Frank Ashe; Joe Ashe; Nick Quinn; Harvey Sapir; Cynthia Hayes; Ernst Drexler; George Haskins; Hank Thompson; Lyle Kenton
- Important places
- Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; Maui, Hawai'i, USA; Romania; Monroe, Long Island, New York, USA
- First words
- Rasalom went to the mountain.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Veilleur household has just expanded.
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the original version of Nightworld, which differs significantly from the revised version. Do not combine with the revised version.
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