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Francis Paul Wilson

    17 mei 1946

    Francis Paul Wilson creëert verhalen die sciencefiction, horror en medische thrillers naadloos met elkaar verbinden, en de ingewikkelde verbanden tussen wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen en het bovennatuurlijke verkennen. Zijn werk wordt gekenmerkt door een spannend tempo en een diepe betrokkenheid bij de filosofische implicaties van het verleggen van menselijke kennis en grenzen. Wilsons onderscheidende stem ligt in zijn vermogen om complexe plots te verweven met diepgaande vragen over bestaan, moraliteit en het onbekende. Hij biedt lezers een boeiende reis door genres, waarbij hij altijd een scherpe focus behoudt op het menselijke element onder buitengewone omstandigheden.

    Francis Paul Wilson
    Definitely Not Kansas
    The Christmas Thingy
    Fatal Error
    Nightworld
    The Last Christmas: A Repairman Jack Novel
    Thriller
    • Thriller

      Verhalen die je uit je slaap houden

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      Maak kennis met de beste misdaadauteurs ter Wereld! In dit unieke boek bundelt de crème de la crème van de Amerikaanse misdaadauteurs zijn krachten. Het resultaat van dit bijzondere project is een zeer divers overzicht van alles wat het misdaadgenre haar lezers te bieden heeft. Naast een kennismaking met de meesters van het genre vormt THRILLER ook een extraatje voor de fans van de verschillende auteurs: alle verhalen zijn speciaal voor deze bundel geschreven en niet eerder uitgebracht. James Patterson is een van de bekendste en succesvolste thrillerauteurs ter wereld. Twee van zijn Alex Cross-thrillers zijn verfilmd met Morgan Freeman in de hoofdrol.

      Thriller
      3,5
    • Jack is back.Wilson never said he was through with Repairman Jack. He said he was through turning in a new novel every year. He also said when a story came along that was right for Jack, he’d write it.The Last Christmas is that story.It’s late December between Ground Zero and Fatal Error, a winter of discontent for Jack who’s perhaps spending too much time hanging at Julio’s. An old contact, Edward Burkes, convinces him to take on a missing-person fix.As usual, nothing is as it seems and the missing person isn’t exactly a person. In fact, it’s like nothing anyone has ever seen.And in the middle of all this, the mysterious Madame de Medici hires him to safeguard a valuable object. Simple, right?Not even close.Yep, Jack is back and, as usual, weird trouble is on his heels.

      The Last Christmas: A Repairman Jack Novel
      4,4
    • Nightworld

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      This is the way the world ends...not with a bang but a scream in the dark. It begins at dawn, when the sun rises late. Then the holes appear. The first forms in Central Park, in 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.

      Nightworld
      4,4
    • Munir Habib's life has become a nightmare. His tormentor has warned Munir not to report the kidnapping of his family, or they will pay a terrible price. But a friend realizes something is terribly wrong and tells Munir he doesn't have to go to the cops. There's a guy who fixes situations like this--Repairman Jack. Jack is backed into helping Munir despite his ongoing involvement in the cosmic shadow war between the Ally and the Otherness. Or perhaps because of it. He's chafing at being forced into the defensive role of protecting the Lady, the physical embodiment of the consciousness of the planet Earth. Meanwhile, the Septimus Order and the Kickers are seemingly working in concert on a plot to extinguish the Lady and open the way for the Otherness to take over our reality. To top it all off, Dawn Pickering finally goes into labor and delivers a baby she only glimpses as it's whisked away, and is terrified by what she sees. Later she's told the baby died, but she doesn't believe it. Neither does Weezy. Neither does Jack. All these interlocking plots mean doom for humanity. But Jack never gives up or gives in.

      Fatal Error
      5,0
    • Best selling author F. Paul Wilson and award-winning illustrator Alan M. Clark offer up this fun children's Christmas story about little Jessica, who wishes for a monster of her own for Christmas, and the gets more (and less) than she could have hoped for.

      The Christmas Thingy
      4,0
    • Definitely Not Kansas

      Book One: The Nocturnia Chronicles

      • 304bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Set in the imaginative world of Nocturnia, the story weaves a tale suitable for both adults and young readers, blending adventure with themes of self-discovery and courage. As characters navigate this unique realm, they encounter challenges that test their resilience and friendships. The narrative promises to engage middle-grade readers and above, inviting them to explore a fantastical landscape filled with intrigue and excitement.

      Definitely Not Kansas
      4,4
    • Cold City

      • 496bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      The beginning of a new prequel trilogy, Repairman Jack: The Early Years

      Cold City
      4,0
    • Repairman Jack unbound! It's the showdown against the Otherness.

      The Dark at the End
      4,3
    • Dark City

      • 448bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      Dark City is the second of a new prequel trilogy, Repairman Jack: The Early Years by F. Paul Wilson. It's February 1992. Desert Storm is raging in Iraq but twenty-two-year-old Jack has more pressing matters at home. His favorite bar, The Spot, is about to be sold out from under Julio, Jack's friend. Jack has been something of a tag-along to this point, but now he takes the reins and demonstrates his innate talent for seeing biters get bit. With a body count even higher than in Cold City, this second novel of the Early Years Trilogy hurtles Jack into the final volume in which all scores will be settled, all debts paid.

      Dark City
      4,0
    • Reprisal

      • 412bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      This is the fifth book in Wilson's Adversary Cycle, updated by the author and available for the first time in trade paperback, and released in preparation for the grand climax of the Repairman Jack cycle. Poised and waiting for the moment he can unleash an ancient wave of horror that will extinguish humanity, the son of clone Jim Hanley, Jonah, poses as a graduate student in a small southern town to hide his venomous vampiric identity.

      Reprisal
      4,3