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Title: The Haunted Air by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0-312-87868-0 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Jack is back, and he's got a few more challenges...
Comment: Take, for example, Lyle and Charlie--two con artists (although Charlie's a born-again Catholic) trying to make a few bucks. They've made some enemies since their move to New York. Enemies that may want them dead.
And then there's the earthquake that occurs beneath the brothers' house. It creates a giant crevice in the floor of their basement...and releases something into this world that maybe should've stayed below.
And then there's Jack's girlfriend, Gia. She's worried...because she's pregnant. And that means that Jack might have to turn in his Repairman job forever...
F. Paul Wilson's "The Haunted Air" is not only riveting--it's flat-out entertaining! Repairman Jack is quite possibly the best literary character to come along since James Bond, or Sherlock Holmes. He's tough, he has a mean streak...but he's sensitive, and abhorrs violence. Doesn't stop him from repairing situations for people, though.
The fifth Repairman Jack novel finds Jack (and Wilson) in top form. Check this one out; then, if you haven't yet, check out the other Repairman Jack novels. They're a must for die-hard readers.
Rating: 4
Summary: You gotta love Jack
Comment: F. Paul Wilson sure has a gem of a character in Repairman Jack. He is a tough, no-nonsense guy who is prone to beat the (expletive) out of people who deserve it and he also has a heart. A nice guy vigilante. Doesn't sound possible but Wilson makes it work and every page makes the reader even more interested in what happens next. I also like how he sometimes incorporates a bit of the supernatural in his stories. Sometimes a lot more than a bit.
There is an underlying evil that I think will tie all of the novels together, the Adversary or the Otherness and Jack is supposed to be one of the people who stop it (all in later books I assume). In this one he has his hands full with other things though.
My only gripe (and it is a small one) is I wish there were more vigilante type scenes with Jack handling up on regular scumbags that don't tie into the main plot somehow.
Anyways, a great read and I recommend the series to anyone who likes action/mystery/X-files/ and even a tad of romance.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unexpected Visitations
Comment: Jack is the ultimate rebel, refusing to take any membership in society - as far as the workings of bureaucracy know Jack does not exist. This leaves him free to pursue his own goals - fixing peoples problems, righting wrongs, and occasionally scamming the bad guys. His only direct connections to the world we know are his two loves, Gia DiLauro and her young daughter Vicky. All things considered Jack has a pretty good life for a non-being.
Or he did until Gia talks him into visited Ilfasen the psychic on a whim. No sooner does Jack cross the threshold into Menelaus Manor when an earthquake signals a new phase in Jack's life and responsibilities. Gia is pregnant, dead children are haunting the living, and Jack find's himself propelled unwillingly into a conflict with the 'Otherness.' The same force was the indirect cause of his sister's death earlier in the year. Now it seems to be playing for even bigger stakes.
This is at least the sixth in F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack series. In it Wilson complete the shift from stories which seem supernatural but aren't quite that simple to a world where evil is a real power and the spiritual world often overlaps the mundane. This adds life to the series, and makes 'The Haunted Air,' despite a few faults, the best written in the series for some time.
While I was uncomfortable with was Jack's excessive macho in the face of Gia's pregnancy. While Jack has never been a particularly complicated person, he succumbs to the situation by becoming over protective of Gia, who really does have a mind of her own. In fact, Gia is far better at ignoring Jack's attempts at parenting that I was as a reader. It will be interesting to follow this relationship in future volumes. Of which there will no doubt be many.
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Title: Gateways by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0765306905 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Hosts by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 081256166X Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 18 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: All The Rage by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0812566548 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 14 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Conspiracies by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0812566998 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Legacies : A Repairman Jack Novel by F. Paul Wilson ISBN: 0812571991 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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