''The Adversary Cycle'' is a series of seven

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s written by American author F. Paul Wilson. It was originally known as ''The Nightworld Cycle''.

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, commenting on F. Paul Wilson's work in ''

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'', made several references to "the Adversary." Wilson, liking this, renamed the cycle.

The novels

* '' The Keep'', July 1981, * ''The Tomb'', November 1984, * ''The Touch'', April 1986, * ''Reborn'', May 1990, * ''Reprisal'', August 1991, * ''Nightworld'', May 1992, * ''Signalz'', July 2020,

Concerning the cycle

Wilson's websiteWilson, F.P. (2015). The Adversary Cycle. RepairmanJack.com (F. Paul Wilson's official site). Available at: http://repairmanjack.com/books/the-adversary-cycle/. ccessed 4/9/2015/ref> suggests an order of ''The Keep'', ''Reborn'', ''The Touch'', ''The Tomb'', ''Reprisal'', ''Signalz'', and ''Nightworld''. ''The Tomb'' and ''The Touch'' were initially written as standalone novels. it is only in ''Nightworld'' that they were retroactively made part of the Cycle, as their respective protagonists all come together to fight the final battle against the Otherness. These seven books make up the "core" of "The Adversary Cycle", many more novels and short stories tie into the series. ''The Tomb'', for example, is also the start of the

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series of novels, which would become entwined with the Adversary Cycle. These books take place in the last three years before ''Nightworld'' and include some of the main characters from the original Adversary Cycle. This is all part of the "Grand Unification" theme of Wilson's works known as The Secret History of the World.

References

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