Signalz

An Adversary Cycle Novel

By: F. Paul Wilson

Narrated by: Harley Jane Kozak

Twilight has come. Night will follow.

It will begin in the heavens and end in the Earth.

But before that…the rules will be broken.

The Change is coming, and the world as we know it is ending. Sixteen-year-old Ellie has changed. She looks the same, but her mother detects someone else looking out through her blue eyes. Ellie builds a "shelter" in her room with an entrance that leads...elsewhere.

And what of the convoy of tractor trailers Hari Tate watches drive up a mountain road and return without the trailers...leaving nothing on the mountain. What are they shipping?

And the writer who finds a hole in the floor of his NYC apartment and tumbles through into...elsewhere.

They will all find each other and find their answers in the electromagnetic pulses piercing the Earth from Out There, pulses that no one should hear, but some do. But they are not simply pulses. They are Signalz.

©2020 F. Paul Wilson (P)2020 David N. Wilson

A mouthful of crazy

Being an Adversary Cycle fan I was happy to have more of it to chew on. It was short, but you know that if you read the description. I can't say much more than that without "spoiling," so, if you're reading this and don't have the book "Nightworld" then prepare yourself to buy it.

not too shabby

pretty good, shorter than his usual works. Wilson is a staple of cosmic horror

I like the concept of the society assisting the change

I chose this book by chance because I like The Keep. I will listen to the next

Character Minded Cosmic Seasoning

Signalz is like seasoning sprinkled on top of the well done meal, a little extra zip to complement and finish off the flavors but too light on it’s own. It turns time back in Adversary Cycle series of books from the Nightworld final conflict to the previous Christmas tying into The Repairman Jack series (although without Repairman Jack specifically) and it’s Last Christmas installment (prequel to Nightworld, sequel to Last Christmas); a side story fully emerged within the story line of the preceding books. It’s a clever way of tying in some elements from each series as a satisfying post script send off for Adversary Cycle. While this might seem continuity heavy it’s handled well and doesn’t spoil or strictly require too much advance knowledge of the source materials (but isn’t the best start point either since this plot is a little vague and more centered on characters) – we meet a new group of characters with interconnected stories (I especially liked the emotional heft of the mother and daughter or the humor of the author including something like himself here). The end of the world energy set in a Christmas world is a fun ironic and fast paced ride in the Nightworld style modern cosmic horror as a final (for now) note on the Adversary Cycle and Repairmen Jack universe revisiting a couple of characters and organizations that played key roles through new perspective. Narration by Harley Jane Kozak works.

The Adversary Cycle

F Paul Wilson does it again, this time with a prequel to NIGHTWORLD. I just finished SIGNALZ and I am ready to immediately revisit NIGHTWORLD. Excellent story and fantastic narration. This is a definite 5 Stars!