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Praise for Repairman Jack: <p> The Tomb is one of the best all-out adventures stories I've read in years. --Stephen King (President of the Repairman Jack fan club)<p> Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages. --Dean Koontz<p> The most welcome discovery, for readers new to the thriller universe, is F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack. --Janet Maslin

The bestselling author of the Repairman Jack thriller series moves into the young-adult market with a prequel about the teenage Jack, who is just discovering his talents. At age 14, Jack's interests focus on his friends, especially his friend Eddie's sister, black-clad Weezy. The trio find a body and a mysterious black cube in the forest, both connected to a secret society of possibly ancient origin. Although Wilson drops a tinge of the supernatural into the book, he hews to a basic detective-story plot, with plenty of suspense to keep readers charging ahead. Despite the unrealistic premise, the text makes it easy for readers to suspend disbelief as Jack learns that he has a talent for figuring his way out of difficult situations. Wilson deftly keeps interest high with well-drawn characterizations, modulating the thrills with details of day-to-day life in the early 1980s. Cracking good fun for teens. (Fiction. YA) (Kirkus Reviews)

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F. Paul Wilson is the ""New York Times"" bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between. His books include the Repairman Jack novels, including ""Ground Zero,"" ""The Tomb,"" and ""Fatal Error""; the Adversary cycle, including ""The Keep""; and the young adult series featuring the teenage Jack. Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award from the San Diego ComiCon, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers of America, among other honors. He lives in Wall, New Jersey.

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