The Tomb (Repairman Jack, #1; Adversary Cycle, #2; The Secret History of the World)
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Much to the chagrin of his girlfriend, Gia, Repairman Jack doesn t deal with appliances he fixes situations for people, situations that too often land him in deadly danger. His latest fix is nding a stolen necklace which, unknown to him, is more than a simple piece of jewelry. Some might say it s cursed, other might call it blessed. The quest leads Jack to a rusty freighter on Manhattan s West Side docks. What he finds in its hold threatens his sanity and the city around him. But worst of all, it threatens Gia s daughter Vicky, the last surviving member of a bloodline marked for extinction. F. Paul Wilson is a great storyteller and a thoughtful one. David Morrell"