The end of the world begins at dawn, when the sun rises later than it should. Then the holes appear. 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 unearthly, hungry creatures appear.

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

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Murrel Lowry

Nightworld.

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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The final book. The final chapter. The final battle. My final journey with Repairman Jack, Gia, Vicky, Abe, Glaeken, Julio, the Lady and her dog, and others is finally over. I, personally, miss them already. I have had the privilege of traveling to many places I will never see in person. I've spent many hours reading F Paul Wilson's books and I deeply appreciate his work. At each step I read about people I was getting to know and now they are more like family. Fortunately, I own those books, and I have a feeling that somewhere down the line, I will revisit Jack and company again. I can't just let my friends slip away. Again, many thanks to F Paul Wilson and all who helped him with this series. I, for one, am very grateful for what you have given me. Thank you!!!

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Mr. Random

A good ending to a long series, but not perfect.

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018

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Note: This review is as much about the book as it relates to the Adversary Cycle series as about the book itself. Spoilers may occur.

So this is it. This was the novel I'd heard a lot about. I may have started with The Keep, but I knew that this was the book where the End Times hit. I knew it was going to get dark and ugly, and we'd have an Avengers-style meeting of protagonists come together to stop it. Was it worth the slog of the last three novels? Is it an epic horror tale in its own right? Did he get it right?

In short: barely, yes, and not entirely.

Wilson gets the action going right away this time, and from beginning to end you know the crap is hitting the fan. He juggles mutliple characters coming back from mutiple stories, and the whole thing feels like a real epic conclusion to an entire literary universe. All told, it's an ambitious outing, and if I had read the Repairman Jack novels I bet I would have been altogether satisfied.

But I didn't read them. Again, I didn't think I had to. And much to my surprise, not only did I not get answers to a few lingering plot points from Reprisal, I encountered serveral characters and references to events that were obviously from the Jack novels. It wasn't enough to confuse me, but it certainly lowered the impact of the story in places. This is often what happens in crossover event stories, so you learn to accept that either you read the tie-in books or you just let it go. Still, I was surprised at how reliant the story was on Repairman Jack plot points, as Wilson had apparently rewritten Nightworld to accomodate his successful Jack novels.

Also, Wilson skimped on the epilogue. I'm a believer that the longer your series goes, the more important it is to wrap things up in a nice epilogue, give your characters some decent closure. He didn't really do justice to some of the characters he dragged back into the fray.

So in the end, I don't regret my time with Wilson and the Adversary Cycle, but it's clear to me that the path to truly enjoying Wilson's fictional universe was through Repairman Jack. As such, I have to say that the ultimate litmus test for whether it's worth the trip will depend on whether you like Jack and his stories. If you do, then you're probably find the Adversary Cycle a worthwhile journey. Otherwise, you might want to look elsewhere.

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Josh Mauthe

A great book becomes somehow even better

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2012

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And so we come (again) to the end, as both the Adversary Cycle and the Repairman Jack sagas reach their conclusions in a single book. I read Nightworld years back in its original version, and for all intents and purposes, the plot is identical: Rasalom, now facing no real opposition, begins the process that will bring about the end of the world. Just like in its original form, Nightworld is a dynamite apocalyptic book, filled with some incredible Lovecraftian nightmares, unforgettable setpieces, and brilliant pacing that keeps the book moving like a rocket while never letting you forget the scope of what's going on. (I forgot how much I loved the use of media as a sort of Greek chorus to the novel, both commenting on the action and giving a sense of just how massive the events have gotten.) And none of that has changed in this version. What has changed, then, is Repairman Jack, who has essentially gone from another supporting character of the book to one of the two main heroes. Wilson has added a huge amount of new material to the book to accommodate Jack's story, and the additions are pretty fantastic, serving as a combination curtain call for the Jack series as well as hammering home the emotional stakes for the series. More than that, though, the edits are pretty seamless. There's no sense that we're reading a George Lucas-style special edition of the book filled with nods and unneeded changes; rather, this new version of Nightworld manages the difficult task of wrapping up two different book series at the same time and does it well. You can't just jump into Nightworld without having read all the Jack books and all the Adversary Cycle books, but that's okay; that just means that you have a LOT of great reading ahead of you before you get to an absolutely incredible piece of apocalyptic horror-adventure writing. The only down side? Knowing that both of these underrated and masterful series have finally come to an end.

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Byron Craft

An Awesome Wrap-Up

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2021

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If you are a fan of F. Paul Wilson’s THE KEEP, THE TOUCH, THE TOMB, SIGNALZ, and the REPAIRMAN JACK series, then “NIGHTWORLD” is a must-read.
Rasalom, the ancient sorcerer from the “First Age of humans,” is back with a vengeance! His reincarnated form transforms Earth into a merciless hell. Rasalom shortens the daylight hours, turning our planet into a “Nightworld.” A plague of fearsome flesh-eating monsters preys on the world’s populace whenever darkness falls. Riots break out over food, gangs wage war on the public, and Rasalom grows stronger as he feeds on the increasing chaos.
“Nightworld” is F. Paul Wilson’s Adversary Cycle, an apocalyptic finale. Repairman Jack and Glaeken search the world for miraculous items needed to stop the hideously transformed Rasalom while gathering a reluctant legion of surviving characters from the previous novels for a last stand.
If I could give “Nightworld” 6-Stars, I would. Don’t miss this one.

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Bruce

A Fitting End!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2012

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After reading all those Repairmen Jack novels and getting hooked on what has been a long-running, yet constantly engaging series - there has to be an end and this is it. For those who have followed the series, this does tie up the loose ends of all the minor characters - although many have already been killed off by now and this is of course, Jack's chance to wreak his final revenge for the loss of many friends.

It is possible now to see this as part II of The Dark at the End (Repairman Jack) - and so we have an extended and expanded version of the original "Adversary" series, that focuses more on Jack and his connection to everything. Finally we understand what place "Munroe" village has in the secret history, for example.

If you have followed the series and are hooked, then this book is gripping reading and in fact, almost compulsory reading. Anybody else is best warned off and pointed to an earlier point in the timeline. The atmosphere here is bleak and hopeless - the outlook for every character is totally depressing. But what Wilson explores is how we all find meaning and the will to go on, when we know there is no realistic hope. What is it about human beings that keeps them going and keeps them optimistic?

For some of the characters it is other people who keep them going - but inevitably for some, they have to find the strength within themselves and that is the main dynamic running through the action in this part of the story. We get some really horrific scenes and the descriptions of a Lovecraft-like dystopia will probably be the most obvious characterisation. But in a way, this is more like Michael Moorcock's idea of chaos and law acting out across the multiverse.

As human beings we are beset by the vagaries of a chaotic world and we have to find our own order in a universe that gives up no clues as to meaning. What is more noticable in this revised version of events, is the idea of God and the Heavens abandoning us. We are here in a world, where it's just us against the chaos and futility. Bill is the main character who has lost his faith, but throughout this book, all of them realise that they are on their own and have to find a solution within themselves and cannot rely on support from elsewhere.

In summary, fans will find more of what they have already enjoyed about this series and will be happy with the extended explanations and integration of Jack and his family within the final conflict. Of course there are going to be more and we already see prequels like Cold City (Repairman Jack) on the horizon - but this is a satisfying conclusion.

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J Whitgift

An expanded version of the original, not a true re-write.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2012

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< This is a review of the revised and expanded version of `Nightworld' published by F. Paul Wilson in 2012, although some of the comments are relevant to the earlier (circa. 1992) version of this novel. >

`Nightworld' is where it all ends. What began with `The Keep' and was continued through a number (one could almost say innumerable) `Repairman Jack' novels is tied up and finished in this novel. In it we say goodbye to a number of favourite characters (both good and bad) and some which should never have been allowed into print. It's a good novel, but a novel of two-halves.

On the plus side this is a fine end to the Adversary Cycle/ Secret History of the World Cycle which has taken up the more recent Repairman Jack novels (inc. the Young Repairman Jack novels). Praise where praise is due, the sheer readability of these novels has kept me returning to F. Paul Wilson year-on-year, as a new novel in the sequence is published.

As in all good horror novels the characters aren't too overdeveloped* (we never get a look into the inner lives of most of them), rather the novel is events driven, yet they have become well known to us over the past few years. It also has Rasalom (aka. The Adversary, Sara Lom, Rafe Losmara, Sal Roma: the possibilities are endless - let the reader understand), perhaps one of the most ridiculously bad baddies in recent years. It is the perfect read for a long journey home. The ideas are also interesting: Chaos/ Gravity Holes, airborne Leviathans, creates from the chaos realms etc. There is also Wilson's ability to understand and write about society on the edge, of what humanity might be like were the rules of society suddenly to disappear, though one cannot help but think that this has more to do with his right wing political philosophy (Libertarianism) than it is necessarily to do with his creative spark.

On the negative side: What F. Paul Wilson has never done well and which hasn't been improved in the rewrite is the twee nature of Jeffy and the Gia/ Vicky relationship. In what should be the darkest of horror novels, charting the end of civilisation as we know it, these two bring light and insufferable childish niceness so that when they appear, my heart immediately sinks. Whilst the latter is (unfortunately) integral to the plot, I do wish the former had remained a thought in Wilson's head or had been edited out at an earlier stage in the cycle.

There is also the problem of the constant and often near indecipherable Americanisms which litter the text - yes Wilson is an American author, but American authors seem to get stuck on Americanism which makes their novels appear provincial to those who live on the other side of the Atlantic and thus who don't share their product driven society. I appreciate that Wilson is an American author, but at times it seems that the novel is being used one longer commercial break, so constant is the product placement. (I don't care what brand of "beer" Jack drinks, or that he uses a Glock as opposed to a H&K or a Smith and Wesson; such information is superfluous and detracts from the text. English, even American English, is a versatile language, it does not need to limited to popular brand names.) The use of Yiddish idioms by Abe Grossman is, however, more understandable, it fits within his character framework, rather like a Englishman in foreign climes this tendency has become more and more pronounced as the novels progress. What it does mean though, is that if someone does not understand the American/ New Yorker idiom, it can be very difficult to understand exactly what it being said.

Finally, too much time has been wasted finding places for earlier characters from the Repairman Jack/ Adversary cycle, characters whose presence add little/ nothing to the text other than to have a walk-on part, these characters seem to have been included merely to remind us of his earlier work (and perhaps to encourage us to re-read them). One has to wonder if it is an attempt to get us to go back and read his back catalogue, in a similar way to that of `Repairman Jack: By the Sword' was an attempt to re-launch his earlier novel `Black Wind'.

Does the world need a new and expanded version of `Nightworld'? Yes and no. YES, because it updates the novel to bring it into line with the recent Repairman Jack/ Secret History of the World corpus. This series of novels have taken the story well beyond the scope of the 1992: there are new characters, Rasalom has been explored and expanded as the role of Jack. It also reassigns parts of the story to other (newer) characters, whilst others find themselves pretty much written out of the text.

NO, because the novel does not go far enough in some ways. It is too much an expansion of the 1992 novel, it retains too much of the original and it doesn't extend the novel so much as expand it - all that takes place, takes place within the scope of the original novel. One can't help but think that if Wilson had taken the opportunity to rethink and rewrite the novel a much better novel would have emerged from this process. What we get is a larger (sometimes bloated) version of the original - Abe Grossman would no doubt be proud!

In spite of my criticisms on style Wilson remains one of my favourite writers, one to whom I can return again and again.

Coda: Naturally you are not going to begin reading F. Paul Wilson's work with this novel. If you are new to it (and this review hasn't put you off) then start with `The Keep' and go from there, you won't be disappointed.

* 'Dracula' is perhaps one of the most famous and most read horror novels in history, yet in terms of literature it is very badly written, with little or no character development, yet it remains one of the most important and most read books in its genre.

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Stalker

So Cold the Night

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2011

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This essential conclusion to the adversary cycle, starts off brilliantly with the re-introduction of all the main characters from the earlier books and the beginning of the breakdown of the world we know as the days start to become rapidly shorter for no apparent astronomical reason and ferocious creatures are unleashed from huge holes in the ground at night. The story develops into a series of parallel quests as the group tries to re-trieve the elements required to re-forge the sword from "The Keep". It's a good conclusion to the books but does not quite live up to most of its predecessors. In fact after Reborn it's probably the weakest book of the six. The arrival and concept of Nightworld is superbly handled but the conclusion is rather predictable and left me wanting something more.

Note that FPW has now essentially re-told the adversary cycle plot from the perspective of his most popular character Repairman Jack who was introduced in "The Tomb". This series of books are generally more entertaining and lighter in tone (due mostly to Jack's colourful personality and his ability to always keep control) and now appear to be changing the plot considerably from the original story. For this reason this book will soon be re-released with major revisions. I'll certainly be getting the new version.

Swains

Epic terror, with a little too much side story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2013

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An inventive, nerve wracking apocalyptic horror. Let down a little by too many characters and too little Repairman Jack.

The Good:
Lovecraftian horrific monsters. Compelling terror. Jack good in a tight corner. Very good shoehorning overall of too many characters. A number of naive bad guys meet an appropriately gruesome death... sadly, but fair, some of the good guys meet a grim death also. Many dramatic fight scenes. The end of the world was very inventive.

The OK:
Sometimes the shoehorning of the characters doesn't quite work. The Hawaiian sidestory takes Jack away for too long, and is too much of a distraction from the mega events taking place elsewhere. Rasalom's conversation seemed a bit trite for a world ending entity. What was he going to do when everybody had been eaten? Could have done with more world collapsing scenes, and the authorities attempts to restrain the bad things. Humanity rolls over a little easier than it would.

The weak:
Both Gia and Sylvia in particular (shame she wasn't eaten) betray a level of stubborness that is in fact out right stupidity in the face of the evidence. It felt jarring. The heroes were too passive for too long. This was true in the last two Repairman Jack novels. It was clear Rasalom should have been taken on much earlier, Glaeken's passivity was never fully explained. The sing a happy song bit at the end... hmm would have left it out. Finally (and perhaps most importantly), plotline dropped, there was lots of evidence in previous novels that some force was affecting Jack, that he was the Heir... all that been suddenly dropped made no sense.

Satisfying ending

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2016

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I read Nightworld when it was first published years ago but really can't remember much about it. Having read all the other books in the series I had to get this updated version which I enjoyed. It's fast paced, barking, but easy to read. I now move on to the 3 volume in between series which I believe will be the last we see of Repairman Jack. It's been a good ride.

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