The ''Repairman Jack series'' is the name given to sixteen (as of 2012)
horror/
thriller novels written by
American
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author
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F. Paul Wilson
Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...
, as well as several standalone short stories and 2 spin-off trilogies.
Story
The series revolves around the adventures of a
Manhattan
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-based "urban mercenary" who calls himself
Repairman Jack
Repairman Jack is a character in a series of novels by F. Paul Wilson. Jack initially was just one protagonist in a string of related novels, but then gained his own series known as The Repairman Jack series.
This series of novels uses realisti ...
. Jack is a man with no last name or legal status who makes his living "fixing" situations for people who cannot find help elsewhere. His work has not only led him into violent encounters with the criminal underworld, but also into the midst of a behind-the-scenes cosmic battle for Earth between two supernatural forces: one known as the Ally, which is benign towards humanity, and one as the Otherness, which is hostile towards it and generally considered "
evil
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".
Timeline
The series proper begins with
''The Tomb'' and ends with
''Nightworld''. However, those two books are also part of another series of novels by Wilson known as
The Adversary Cycle
The Adversary Cycle is a series of seven novels written by American author F. Paul Wilson. While it was originally known as "The Nightworld Cycle" (this name is even printed in the front of some early editions of ''Nightworld''), John Clute, in his ...
. The Repairman Jack series was restarted with
''Legacies'' in 1998. This newer series is following chronologically from the events of ''The Tomb'' to the events immediately preceding ''Nightworld''.
Novels
Repairman Jack
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''The Tomb'' (1984)
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''Legacies'' (1998)
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''Conspiracies'' (1999)
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''All the Rage'' (2000)
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''Hosts'' (Oct 12, 2001)
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''The Haunted Air'' (Oct 18, 2002)
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''Gateways'' (Nov 1, 2003)
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''Crisscross'' (Oct 7, 2004)
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''Infernal'' (Oct 20, 2005)
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''Harbingers'' (Sep 19, 2006)
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''Bloodline'' (Sep 18, 2007)
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''By the Sword'' (Oct 14, 2008)
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''Ground Zero'' (Sep 15, 2009)
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''The Last Christmas'' (2019)
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''Fatal Error'' (Oct 12, 2010)
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''Dark at the End'' (Oct 11, 2011)
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''Nightworld'' (1992 - Extensively revised edition: May 22, 2012)
Jack: Young Adult Series
Secret Histories(May 27, 2008)
Secret Circles(Feb 2, 2010)
Secret Vengeance(Feb 1, 2011)
Repairman Jack: The Early Years
Cold City(Nov 27, 2012)
Dark City(Oct 15, 2013)
Fear City(Nov 11, 2014)
Short fiction
*"The Wringer" (in ''Night Screams'')
*"A Day in the Life" (in ''Stalkers'' + ''The Barren & Others'')
*"The Last Rakosh" (in ''The World Fantasy Convention 1990 Program Book'', integrated into
''All The Rage'')
*"Home Repairs" (in ''Cold Blood'' (Ziesing 6/91), integrated into
''Conspiracies'')
*"The Long Way Home" (in ''Dark at Heart'' (Dark Harvest 1992), now available as a digital download from Amazon.com)
*"Interlude at Duane's" (in ''Thriller'' anthology, 2006)
*"Piney Power" (in ''
Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror'', anthology, 2010)
External links
F. Paul Wilsons Site
{{Repairman Jack
Series of books
American thriller novels