Reprisal

By F. Paul Wilson

Book Overview

The bestselling supernatural thriller from horror author F. Paul Wilson, Reprisal is the fifth book in the Adversary Cycle

"Who am I? Why, I'm you. Or parts of you. The best parts. I'm the touch of Richard Speck, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, and Bin Laden in all of you. I am the thousand tiny angers and fleeting rages of your day--at the car that cuts you off on the freeway, at the kid who sneaks ahead of you in line at the movies, at the old fart with the full basket in the eight-items-only express checkout at the supermarket. I'm the nasty glee in the name-callers and the long-suffering pain, the self-loathing, the smoldering resentment, the suppressed rage, and the never-to-be-fulfilled promises of revenge in their targets. I'm the daily business betrayals and the corporate men's room character assassinations. I'm the husband who beats his wife, the mother who scalds her child, I'm the playground beatings of your little boys, the backseat rapes of your daughters. I'm your rage toward a child molester and I'm the pederast's lust for your child, for his own child. I'm the guards' contempt for their prisoners and the prisoners' hatred for their guards, I'm the shank, I'm the truncheon, I'm the shiv. I'm the bayonet in the throat of the political dissident, the meat hook on which he is hung, the cattle prod that caresses his genitals. You've kept me alive, you've made me strong. I am you."

The immortal evil defeated in The Keep and reincarnated in Reborn has come of age and begun to settle scores. He targets a few unlucky individuals for destruction now, but soon the whole world will suffer. And he will feed on our tears and our pain.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765321661
• ISBN13: 9780765321664
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Reprisal

This is an excellent book. A must read if you're an F. Paul Wilson fan.

Gripping and Scary

I read this book a few years ago and I still think about it. It has some of the most disturbing story lines; it has things that will sit with me forever. If you don't like horror, don't read this book. If you do, put it at the top of your TBR pile. Thank you Paul Wilson. This book rocks. James Roy Daley Author of The Dead Parade The Dead Parade

Mmmmmm... death... mmm... I can taste the blood.

A very very very good book. I enjoyed what happened to the kid. It was sick and twisted... but not as twisted as it should have been.

Can Even Surpass The King

This book is one of the greats in thrilling and horrifying its reading...This book, in many ways, came out even better than some of the horrifying Stephen King novels, which we all know are first-rate thrillers. You'll have to read it yourself to find out why!

Wow! Scary!

First let me warn you: the faint of heart should think twice about picking up this book...on to the review...This was awesomely frightening and chilling! I love the fact that FPW holds back no punches in an effort to shock you...there are no pit pat solutions, no happy endings. This is true horror, because it's neverending. Reprisal is the fabulous continuation of The Keep (excellent!) and Reborn (pretty good). I must say that some of the horrors are pretty creative. FPW is heads and shoulders above formulaic writers like King. I did't put Reprisal down until I was finished reading it.