The Three Secret Cities

July 1, 2018

When Jack West Jr. won the Great Games, he created chaos in the four kingdoms. Now forces from a dark shadow world beyond our own are ready to get him, and he had better do something fast--like find the three secret cities, lost in the mists of time. From the New York Times best-selling author of The Four Legendary Kingdoms.

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October 15, 2018
Fans of Reilly's brand of larger-than-life thrillers will no doubt remember that in The Four Legendary Kingdoms? (2017), Jack West, Jr., who had already saved the world from chaos a handful of times, was forced to compete in the ancient Hydra Games. At stake was nothing less than the future of humanity. This new novel picks up shortly after that one. Jack is targeted for assassination by the villainous Golden Eight; all Jack needs to do to save his own life is survive a series of life-threatening tests, locate the assumed-to-be-mythological Three Secret Cities, and, oh yes, prevent the universe from collapsing. It's all balderdash, of course, but it's lovingly crafted balderdash, perfectly paced and completely convincing (for balderdash, that is). Perfect fare for fans of James Rollins' Sigma Force series, although it should be noted that Reilly's novels are (intentionally) less grounded in reality than Robbins'. A breathless adventure, well told.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)