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Ground Zero (Repairman Jack) [Kindle Edition]

F. Paul Wilson
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On September 11, 2001, a man drifts in a boat off lower Manhattan as the towers burn. He removes a small box from his pocket and presses a button. As he waits for the south tower to collapse, he thinks: The vast majority will blame the collapse on the crazy Arabs who hijacked the planes and the Islamic extremists who funded them—the obvious choice. A few will notice inconsistencies and point fingers elsewhere, blaming the government or Big Oil or some other powerful but faceless entity. No one—absolutely no one—will guess the truth behind the who and why of this day.

Years later, someone does. Repairman Jack’s childhood friend, Weezy Connell (the genius girl from the Tor Teen novel, Jack: Secret Histories), has started fitting together the pieces of the puzzle and anonymously posting her conclusions on the Web. But she can’t stay anonymous forever. Someone is after her. Jack becomes involved in her troubles and in the paranoid mazes of the 9/11 Truth Movement, where conspiracy theories point in every direction.

They’re all wrong. The truth is stranger, darker, and more evil than anyone can imagine. It involves the cosmic shadow war into which Jack has been drafted. And if the plot behind it--millennia in the planning--succeeds, it will forever change life on this Earth.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 527 KB
  • Print Length: 369 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0765322811
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Wilsongs (23 Feb 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B007D5IW9Q
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #68,598 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Bruce TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Mass Market Paperback
HP Lovecraft is mentioned here, with a quote about how if we all knew what was really going on we would all go mad. And this is what the series has been all about. Jack is the ordinary guy who has been given an unenviable and unwanted position as the only person(as opposed to entity)who knows what's really going on.

As the series come to its last few books we find out more of this "secret history" but at times the action grinds to a halt and Jack appears strangely inactive and passive. In fact neither he nor his great nemesis succeed in this novel, so it's like a kind of stalemate or nil-nil draw.

I found the introduction of "Weezy" an interesting development and a way to update the series into the world of the internet, bloggers and conspiracy theories. Jack is in no way up to date with technology - unless it's a more efficient gun - but the introduction of a trusted childhood friend, now genius geek and in love with him, is the main narrative thrust of this episode.

If you "buy" this, then it makes the series more current and adds to Jack's armoury in fighting the otherness - but some may see this as a clunky means of tying in recent events and bringing the series into the present day. Of course the big thing which at times is almost "throw-away", is the intrusion of a real-world tragedy in 9/11 into Jack's fictional world.

Some may see this as insensitive and disrespectful to those who died and their loved ones - on the other hand, given that Jack is supposed to live in modern New York - how could he not be affected by this?

It's like "the Elephant in the Room" and this is an interesting analogy used in the book.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The end starts here 24 Nov 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is good Jack fare, action, pace, and a good story, and a milestone in the secret world backstory.

Its starts the end of Jack for hire and Jack for "saving life as we know it", as the adversary comes to the fore and the long descent to nightworld begins, with a great twist on why 9-11 happened, and we learn who the woman with dog is.

It all ends with a great climax at Battery park, well paced to the end as tension and confusion builds until Jack saves the day, for now at least!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Keep the otherness out 27 Mar 2013
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If you've not read repairman Jack novels before then your in for a treat. I've got every single one and they are all consistently good. Don't expect high literature, these are easy reading, but do expect to be educated, amused, excited and intrigued. You'll be drawn into Jacks unusual and often frighteningly strange world, and if you're like me you may leave somewhat inspired and addicted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant 4 Mar 2013
By LD
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Excellent and worth the money. Would recommend to anyone that enjoys fantasy, horror, and a ridiculously intelligent and brilliant main character who is the ultimate good guy gone rouge.
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2.0 out of 5 stars a little bit pat and a lot of exposition 18 April 2012
By M. King
Format:Kindle Edition
fpw warns us that this last set of books won`t be standalone stories as he looks to tie up the adversary story arc. Even so this book was all about puttimg the pieces in place for the grand finale and felt a bit of chore compared to other Jack stories.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A repairman jack novel... 24 Feb 2010
Format:Hardcover
Exactly what you expect from a Repairman Jack novel, a light easy read with lots of action. Very enjoyable.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Ground Zero review. 16 Oct 2009
By Andrew
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The saga continues. F. Paul Wilson at his best telling the story of Repairman Jack. Brilliant and imaginative.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ramping up to the conclusion 23 May 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've become a big fan of F. Paul Wilson's "Repairman Jack" novels over the last several books for both the overarching story and the eponymous main character. But how can Wilson handle something as horrible as the attacks on the World Trade Center? In Ground Zero, Wilson manages to play with the Truther movement and make it interesting yet avoids giving it any actual credence. That takes talent in a writer, and it makes this book an excellent novel.

A decade after the horrific events of September 11, 2001, the world is going crazy. The dark plot that Jack has been fighting seems close to fruition, and the pieces are falling into place. In the meantime, Jack's childhood friend Weezy Connell has joined the 9/11 Truther movement, piecing together little facts and discrepancies that seem to lead to an inevitable conclusion: the true story of 9/11 has not been told yet. She posts her conclusions anonymously on the Internet, but somebody knows who she is. In desperation, she calls Jack, not knowing that he is the same Jack she knew all those years ago. Jack finds himself immersed in the Truther movement and discovers that they have no idea how far off they are while still being right. What's really behind 9/11 - and many other recent events - is part of a war millennia old, a war that may be catching fire again soon.

While Ground Zero delves deep into the Truther movement, Wilson ties everything into the mythos that he's created, with the Adversary, the Lady, and other beings from the dawn of time caught up in their ongoing struggle and catching us up in it as well. Wilson avoids the conspiracy cliche that "the government was behind it all!
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