This is another Repairman Jack book in the Adversary Series. The author is wrapping things up and as expected more supernatural elements start to intrude on Jack's life. Jack is an urban vigilante and possible chosen one to fight against the absorption of Earth into a multidimensional cosmic evil.
In this tale Wilson posits the idea that the 9-11 crime wasn't just done for the reasons given but that Al-Quaeda and its henchmen were manipulated into doing so by even more dangerous forces-forces that aren't of this world.
When one of Jack's old childhood friends starts to poke around the edges of this her life and more is put into danger. But Jack is not the sort of man to turn a back on a friend.
I wouldn't quite say the book is formulaic because Wilson is too skilled a writer for that. It was a fun read but it is indeed about time to bring the story to a close. This has a very heavy Lovecraft influence for those who enjoy such things. It can be read on its own without missing too much from the dozen or so books that came before it.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
