Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy: Cold City (Series #01) (Hardcover)

from JechtShot

Cold City is a prequel to F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack series. Unfortunately, the series would have been better had it been left alone. The story was contrived with almost all of Repairman Jack's backstory unfolding over the course of a week. If you want to know how Jack connected with Abe, Ju...

from quiBee

The Repairman Jack books are an occasional read and I've come across them at random, so I've not followed the sequence properly, but basically he takes care of things that normal law enforcement types can't and comes across bizarre, supernatural evils that he has to deal with.This book is a prequ...

from slimy07

Interesting beginning of Jack's adventures in New York. Liked the introduction of the Order and the normal multiple storylines. Did not like it that none of the storylines were really wrapped up - but other than that, cool introduction to adult Jack and how he starts to become the Repairman.

from CSDaley

Probably closer to a 4.5. I might have gone flat out 5 but was surprised that it wasn't a complete story. While Repairman Jack has always had a central theme running through all the books each individual book wrapped up its main story. The fact that this one didn't did leave me a little disappoin...

from Carl_Alves

Having never read any of the Repairman Jack novels, I thought Cold City would be a good place to start, since I would be starting the series in chronological order. I immediately found the character of Jack to be engaging, a twenty-one year old kid who is trying to live off the grid in a big city...