This time though Wilson takes it one step further and just builds on the mythos. Something that has been noticeable in the last few books due to their subplots that are both accelerating and not resolving completely. Wilson has already been working on tying up the series and bringing it to an end. GROUND ZERO breaks away from the pattern of the normal Repairman Jack novel. And if the plot behind it-millennia in the planning-succeeds, it will forever change life on this Earth. It involves the cosmic shadow war into which Jack has been drafted.

The truth is stranger, darker, and more evil than anyone can imagine. Jack becomes involved in her troubles and in the paranoid mazes of the 9/11 Truth Movement, where conspiracy theories point in every direction. Repairman Jack's childhood friend Weezy Connell (the genius girl from Jack: Secret Histories) has started fitting together the pieces of the puzzle and anonymously posting her conclusions on the Web. No one-absolutely no one-will guess the truth behind the who and why of this day. A few will notice inconsistencies and point fingers elsewhere, blaming the government or Big Oil or some other powerful but faceless entity. 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.

He removes a small box from his pocket and presses a button. On September 11, 2001, a man drifts in a boat off lower Manhattan as the twin towers burn. 'Bloody, sordid, and apocalyptic but, thanks to Jack's can-do attitude, plenty of fun.' - Kirkus Reviews on By the Sword 'Serves up the occult thrills fans of Wilson's series have come to expect and tantalizes with the promise of more surprises to come.' - Publishers Weekly on By the Sword

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