Jack hires on to find a stolen samurai sword - a fabled katana known as the Gaijin Masamune - and soon learns that he's not the only one looking for it.The sociopathic Kickers want it, as do the fanatical Kakureta Kao cult and a crew of murderous yakuza.
The body count rises steadily as the sword changes hands time and again, and Jack must find a way to manipulate and maneuver the rival groups into a showdown that will allow him to spirit the blade away.
Of course, nothing goes as planned...for anyone.
By The Sword is the most frenetic and deadly Repairman Jack novel yet.
More violent and complex than its predecessors, 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
The most welcome discovery, for readers new to the thriller universe, is F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack. -- New York Times
"Jack's saga has become the most entertaining and dependable modern horror-thriller series." -- Publishers Weekly
F. PAUL WILSON is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of forty books and nearly 100 short stories spanning science fiction, horror, adventure, medical thrillers, and virtually everything between. More than eight million copies of his books are in print in the US and his work has been translated into twenty-four languages. His latest thrillers, BLOODLINE and BY THE SWORD, star his urban mercenary, Repairman Jack. JACK: SECRET HISTORIES recently kicked off a young-adult series starring a fourteen-year-old Jack. Paul resides at the Jersey Shore and can be found on the Web at www.repairmanjack.com.
