y separately published work icon Jack West Series series - author   novel   thriller  
Alternative title: A Jack West Jr Novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Jack West Series
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y separately published work icon Jack West Jr and the Hero's Helmet Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Macmillan Australia , 2016 20608667 2016 single work short story thriller

'Jack West Jr.

'Adventurer. Scholar. Warrior.

'He is known for his cool head under pressure . . .

'. . . and also for the battered fireman's helmet he has worn throughout his adventures.

'This is the story of how he got it.'

Source : publisher's blurb

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y separately published work icon Seven Ancient Wonders Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Macmillan (Pan Macmillan Australia) , 2005 Z1211242 2005 single work novel adventure thriller With global dominance as the prize, nearly every nation on earth is involved in the race to locate the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.
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y separately published work icon The Six Sacred Stones Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2007 Z1437420 2007 single work novel adventure thriller

'The end of the world is here...

'Unlocking the secret of the Seven Ancient Wonders was only the beginning.

'The world is in mortal danger.

'For Jack West Jr and his loyal team of heroes, the challenge now is to set six legendary diamonds known as the Pillars in place at six ancient sites around the world before the deadline for global destruction arrives. The locations of these sites, however, can only be revealed by the fabled Six Sacred Stones.

'Their quest will involve the death-defying hijack of a mountaintop railway in China... A midnight expedition to Stonehenge... A headlong chase across the deserts of Egypt... And a trek into the dark realm of an African tribe forgotten by time...

'With only the riddles of ancient writers to guide them, and time rapidly running out, Jack and his team must fight their way past traps, labyrinths and a host of deadly enemies - knowing that this time they cannot, will not, must not fail.

'The mission is incredible. The consequence of failure is unimaginable. The ending is unthinkable.' (Publisher's blurb)

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y separately published work icon The Five Greatest Warriors Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2009 Z1638399 2009 single work novel adventure thriller 'Jack West Jr and his loyal team are in desperate disarray: they've been separated, their mission is in tatters, and Jack was last seen plummeting down a fathomless abyss. After surviving his deadly fall, Jack must now race against his many enemies to locate and set in place the remaining pieces of The Machine before the coming Armageddon. As the world teeters on the brink of destruction, he will learn of the Five Warriors, the individuals who throughout history have been most intimately connected to his quest. Scores will be settled, fathers will fight sons, brothers will battle brothers, and Jack and his friends will soon find out exactly what the end of the world looks like...' Source: www.matthewreilly.com/ (Sighted 22/10/2009).
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y separately published work icon The Four Legendary Kingdoms Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2016 10246234 2016 single work novel thriller

Jack West Jr is back.

A RUTHLESS KIDNAPPING

'Jack West Jr and his family are living happily on their remote farm...

...when Jack is brutally kidnapped and he awakes in an underground cell to find a masked attacker with a knife charging at him.

'THE GREAT GAMES

Jack, it seems, has been chosen - along with a dozen other elite soldiers - to compete in a series of deadly challenges designed to fulfil an ancient ritual.

With the fate of the Earth at stake, he will have to traverse diabolical mazes, fight cruel assassins and face unimaginable horrors that will test him like he has never been tested before.

'TO HELL AND BACK

In the process, he will discover the mysterious and powerful group of individuals behind it all: the four legendary kingdoms.

'He might also discover that he is not the only hero in this place...' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Three Secret Cities Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2018 14706492 2018 single work novel thriller adventure

'HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE FOUR KINGDOMS SCORNED. THE HUNT FOR JACK WEST JR HAS BEGUN.

'A SHADOW WORLD BEHIND THE REAL WORLD

'When Jack West Jr won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil.

'A WORLD WITH ITS OWN HISTORY, RULES AND PRISONS

'Now these dark forces are coming after Jack ... in ruthless fashion.

'THAT IS REACHING INTO OUR WORLD ... EXPLOSIVELY

'With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend.

'It's an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while he is being hunted ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon Jack West Jr and the Chinese Splashdown Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Macmillan Australia , 2020 20608052 2020 single work short story thriller

'A special prequel to The Two Lost Mountains from Australia's favourite novelist and the author of both the Jack West Jr and Scarecrow series.

'When a satellite hunter intercepts a top-secret transmission from the Moon, his old friend Jack West Jr is his only hope...'

Source : publication summary

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y separately published work icon The Two Lost Mountains Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2020 19541256 2020 single work novel thriller

'AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY BUT AT A TERRIBLE PRICE...

'Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost.

'His beloved daughter Lily, it appeared, was slaughtered by Sphinx in a cruel ancient ritual.

'TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE FALL!

'With his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains-two of which have never been found-and perform a mysterious feat known only as 'The Fall'.

'Although what is this object on the moon that is connected to it?

'A NEW PLAYER ARRIVES

'Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon.

'Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own...' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The One Impossible Labyrinth Matthew Reilly , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2021 22127449 2021 single work novel thriller adventure

'THE END IS HERE

'Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth.

'Now he faces one last race-against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself-a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth.

'AN IMPOSSIBLE MAZE

'But the road will be hard.

'For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes. Uncompromising and complex. Demanding and deadly.

'A CATACLYSMIC CONCLUSION

'It all comes down to this.

'For it ends here-now-in the most lethal and dangerous place Jack has encountered in all of his many adventures. And in the face of this indescribable peril, with everything on the line, there is only one thing he can do.

'Attempt the impossible. (Publication summary)

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First known date: 2012
Last amended 11 Jun 2020 13:57:12
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