The ninth Repairman Jack novel brims with murder, international terrorism, sibling rivalry, and a truly infernal device. A mutual tragedy throws Jack together with his brother Tom, a judge from Philadelphia. They've never been close, and it doesn't take Jack long realize that's a good thing. Tom and he are opposites. Still, Tom convinces Jack to go on a trip to get to know each other better. He has a map locating a wreck off the coast of Bermuda and wants Jack to help him find it. Reluctantly Jack agrees. But instead of treasure they find a strange object, part organic, part manmade, known as the Lilitongue of Gefreda. Ancient lore claims that it is a means "to elude all enemies and leave them helpless." The big question is, why does Tom want such a thing? And if the Lilitongue lives up to the legend, where does it take you? No one seems to know. Matters take a bizarre and dangerous turn-no surprise for a Repairman Jack novel--when someone accidentally activates the Lilitongue. Repairman Jack, the fix-it man who deals in the marginally supernatural, returns in another out-of-this-world adventure. It begins with tragedy: Jack's father is killed during a terrorist attack on an airport. This thrusts Jack and his brother, Tom, together. The two men have never been close (Tom is a judge; Jack lives off the grid), but Tom persuades Jack to accompany him on, of all things, a shipwreck hunt. What they find is something altogether more interesting and a great deal more dangerous: the Lilitongue of Gefreda, a device (sort of) that serves as a portal to another dimension (kind of). Naturally, things get very weird very fast, and in no time Jack must summon all his skills to escape certain death. A worthy addition to the Repairman Jack series. David Pitt Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved "Repairman Jack is a wonderful character, ultracompetent but still vulnerable . . . Wilson strolls into 'X-Files' territory and makes it his own." -- San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "All the Repairman Jack novels are exciting science fiction thrillers. . . . If you don't know Jack, you are missing one of the stranger, but better ongoing series in which every entry enthralls the audience, proving that Mr. Wilson is quite a storyteller." -- The Midwest Book Review on Hosts "If you're a lover of horror fiction, vampires, and early Stephen King novels, take note: Midnight Mass is the best thing to come along in years." --Rocky Mountain News on Midnight Mass F. PAUL WILSON, a New York Times bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between, is a practicing physician who resides in Wall, New Jersey.