'Wilson tells a fast-paced, well-written story that holds reader interest from the first chapter. They must also deal with the Vanek - the gentle, enigmatic inhabitants of the planet Jebinose who, against all logic, claim to have murdered Jo's father. Jo and Pete are soon matching wits with one of the shrewdest, most devious politicos in the Federation, threatened by a ruthless psi-talent whose victims face a fate far worse than mere death. Jo mistrusts Pete and suspects he may be responsible for the bizarre death of her father, but she is soon convinced that the old man's fears are more than justified. The only way to head it off is to enlist the aid of Josephine 'Jo' Finch, the current CEO of Interstellar Business Advisors, a firm Pete co-founded with Jo's grandfather more than half-a-century before.

Read onlineĬanny old Pete Paxton thinks there's a monstrous conspiracy brewing that threatens the LaNague Charter and the freedoms it guarantees for Federation planets. Jack threads his way through this intricate maze, as people he loves are stripped away from him in a way that presages the later epic series of novels.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. It is a dark and terrible story, full of plots and needless mayhem, with secret agents, a freelance torturer, a secret society as old as human history, love, death, and a very bleak triumph. The strands of Jack's life, established in the first two books, Cold City and Dark City, are now woven into a complete pattern.Ĭentered around an obscure group of malcontents intent on creating a terrible explosion in New York City in 1993, Fear City shows the final stages of young Jack becoming Repairman Jack. Paul Wilson builds the concluding chapter of Repairman Jack: The Early Years, the prequel trilogy focusing on the formative years of Wilson's globally popular supernatural troubleshooter. Rage, terror, and redemption: these are the stones upon which F.

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