Technically this is the final Repairman Jack book. But _Nightworld_ came out with the "Repairman Jack novel!" blazon on the cover, just like all the others, so we'll say "penultimate" and move on.I dunno, I expected more oomph of a penultimate book. Tension-wise this series has been cruising along at about 3-out-of-10 for the last couple of books, and now the author has ratcheted it up to a 5.This is not to say nothing happens -- stuff *happens*; but it's not strikingly apocalyptic. Jack goes after the evil mastermind Rasalom, guns a-blazing. Spoiler alert: Rasalom survives this. Then Rasalom begins his final plan of evil conquest, with Jack and the gang racing to cut him off at metaphorical pass. I won't spoil that, but there's a sequel called _Nightworld_, so take a guess.Rasalom's plan is kind of dumb, it turns out. I don't want to complain too much, because the story moves along and there's some twists and some deaths and some seriously creepy stuff, but I got to the end and thought "That was it? That was the whole plan? But then why did he bother doing __ and __ and..." I think there was a peak several books ago, when the bad guys were melting holes in New Jersey and entombing human sacrifices in cursed concrete columns and it all seemed like *fragments* of a vast plan of evil conquest. Since then, Wilson has been trying to unify his mythology (e.g., the importance of the Lady) and it just doesn't work as well that way.However: the creepy bits demonstrate that Wilson *can* still bring the creepy, so _Nightworld_ should be satisfying in that way, at least. And if not, hey, the series will be done and I can stop complaining regardless. I liked the book a lot. There's only one or two Repairman Jack books I didn't like. However, F. Paul Wilson led us to believe this was the end "though Jack would appear in Nightworld". At the end of this book, it's CLEAR it's not the end. And it's clear that Jack will have to make a return. I don't see the point of billing this book as the end of the series. Still good. Then again, I've grown to really love this series.
What do You think about The Dark At The End (2011)?
Didn't finish this... Repairman Jack just finally wore out his welcome with me...
—LeilaM
Not as much meat as the earlier, but still a fun read.
—Mike
Just waiting for this series to end. Book was OK.
—Dayanna
