All the Rage (Repairman Jack Series #4) »

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.

F. Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack:

“Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages. His adventures are hugely entertaining.”—Dean Koontz

“Jack is righteous!”—Andrew Vachss

“F. Paul Wilson is a hot writer, and his hottest, and my favorite, creation is Repairman Jack. No one does this kind of weird meets crime better than Wilson. Gripping, fascinating, one of a kind. That’s F. Paul Wilson and Repairman Jack.”—Joe R. Lansdale

“The Tomb is one of the best all-out adventure stories I’ve read in years.”—Steven King (President of the Repairman Jack fan club)

All the Rage

Can you imagine a new chemical compound, a non-addictive designer drug that heightens your assertiveness, opens the door to your primal self, giving you an edge wherever you compete? Whether on the street or the football field, in a classroom or a boardroom. Wouldn’t you be tempted to try it . . . just once? What happens if it releases uncontrollable rage and makes you a killer?

“Wilson skillfully juggles subplots whose unpredictable collisions and complications further accelerate the relentless momentum of Jack’s labors . . . . A satisfying open-ended climax sets the stage for yet another chapter in Jack’s compelling saga.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Like the best of Dean Koontz’s work, Wilson’s work combines an action/adventure yarn with a touch of the fantastic . . . . If you haven’t read any of the Repairman Jack novels before, now is a good time to start. They’re smart, exciting, and most of all, fun.”—The Denver Post

Kirkus Reviews

This is not "all the rage" as in all the rage in Paris, but rather all the rage that erupts from Berserk, a.k.a. Loki, a new street drug that promises godlike selfconfidence but whose effects often slide off into uncontrollable rage. Loki, named after the Norse trickster god, is made from molecules of blood drawn from a freak called The Sharkman, a member of what Wilson fans will remember as the Ozymandias Prather Oddity Emporium, a traveling freak show last seen in Wilson's anthology Freaks. Also on hand is Wilson's old hero Repairman Jack, first seen in The Tomb (1984) and reborn in Legacies (1998). Repairman Jack is a highspirited hired vigilante one can send to take down the bad guys. Although Jack has the very mild look of a very mild Kevin Costner, he has also set aside a place in his brain for waging total war. He needs it up against Mafiastyled drug dealer Milos Dragovic, who coerces Dr. Luc Monnet into supplying him with the drug. Jack first sees the effects of the drug on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum when some 15 preppies, now in their 40s, gathered for a college reunion, go mad with rage and tear into innocent bystanders.