Legacies is the second volume in a series of Repairman Jack

Repairman Jack

This series of novels uses realistic, thriller-like situations to tell a story with a broad supernatural theme. It is technically a spin-off branch of the aforementioned larger, overarching supernatural horror series, The Adversary Cycle.- Introduction :...

 books written by American author

Author

An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

 F. Paul Wilson

F. Paul Wilson

Francis Paul Wilson is an American author, primarily in the science fiction and horror genres. His debut novel was Healer . Wilson is also a part-time practicing family physician. He made his first sales in 1970 to Analog while still in medical school , and continued to write science fiction...

. The book was first published in 1998 by Headline in England (February) and by Forge in the US (August).

Reception

F&SF reviewer Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint is a Canadian fantasy author and folk musician. He is also the chief book critic for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction....

, noting similarities to the Burke novels of Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss

Andrew Henry Vachss is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths...

, described Legacies as the rare sequel "standing as strong as the original work."