“Serves up the occult thrills fans of Wilson’s series have come to expect and tantalizes with the promise of more surprises to come.” - Publishers Weekly on By the Sword “Bloody, sordid, and apocalyptic but, thanks to Jack’s can-do attitude, plenty of fun.” - Kirkus Reviews on By the Sword On September 11, 2001, a man drifts in a boat off lower Manhattan as the twin towers burn. He removes a small box from his pocket and presses a button. As he waits for the south tower to collapse, he thinks: The vast majority will blame the collapse on the crazy Arabs who hijacked the planes and the Islamic extremists who funded them - the obvious choice. A few will notice inconsistencies and point fingers elsewhere, blaming the government or Big Oil or some other powerful but faceless entity.