Nightworld by F. Paul Wilson

 

(pb; 1992, 2012: seventh book in the Nightworld/Adversary Cycle and final book in the Repairman Jack series—note that I didn’t review all of the Repairman Jack books)

 

From the back cover

“The end of the world begins at dawn, when the sun rises later than it should. The first forms in Central Park, within 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 hungry, unearthly creatures appear.

“Nightworld brings F. Paul Wilson’s Adversary Cycle and Repairman Jack saga to an apocalyptic finale Jack and Glaeken search the Secret History to gather a ragtag army for a last stand against the Otherness and a hideously transformed Rasalom.”

 

 

Review

Nightworld wraps up his Repairman Jack stories/novels and Nightworld/Adversary Cycle novels in his usual pure-cinema, full-character-exploration and horror/neo-noirish style, again sometimes to a fault—many of his books run longer than they need to, with characters and events given big, unnecessary-reaction scenes, which obviously delights some readers (though not this one). That said, I enjoyed Nightworld. As always, there are plenty of twists and loving references to other excellent works, e.g., Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film The Birds. Worth owning, this.