{"id":65091,"date":"2016-10-18T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=65091"},"modified":"2016-10-21T16:59:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T05:59:05","slug":"7-years-jack-west-jr-returns-expect-unimaginable-horrors-diabolical-mazes-cruel-assassins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2016\/10\/18\/7-years-jack-west-jr-returns-expect-unimaginable-horrors-diabolical-mazes-cruel-assassins\/","title":{"rendered":"After 7 years, Jack West Jr. returns; expect unimaginable horrors, diabolical mazes and cruel assassins."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-four-legendary-kingdoms-matthew-reilly\/prod9781743534953.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65092 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Blog-image-Exclusive-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"blog-image-exclusive-6\" width=\"748\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today is a very special day for fans of Matthew Reilly&#8217;s Jack West Jr. series. After seven long years, the fourth book in the series, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-four-legendary-kingdoms-matthew-reilly\/prod9781743534953.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Four Legendary Kingdoms<\/a><\/em>, is finally available!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Booktopian Emily Meredith has been a fan for years. Asked about her thoughts on the series, she responded:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">I\u00a0was gripped from the first chapter of\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/seven-ancient-wonders-matthew-reilly\/prod9781742611730.html\">Seven Ancient Wonders<\/a>, <\/em>and the thrills just didn&#8217;t stop\u00a0&#8211; I still dream about Reilly&#8217;s amazing recreation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon! I literally cried tears of joy when I discovered that this fourth book in the series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-four-legendary-kingdoms-matthew-reilly\/prod9781743534953.html\"><em>The Four Legendary Kingdoms<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0is a continuation of Jack West Jr.&#8217;s story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I am absolutely thrilled with the cover for this book &#8211; it matches my copies from years ago! New fans will be enchanted by the intricacy of the\u00a0artwork. Be sure to look at it very closely &#8211; Matthew Reilly&#8217;s covers often reveal hints about the story within.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-four-legendary-kingdoms-matthew-reilly\/prod9781743534953.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60895\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9781743534953-2.jpg\" alt=\"9781743534953 (2)\" width=\"423\" height=\"674\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About the book:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jack West Jr and his family are living happily on their remote farm,\u00a0when Jack is brutally kidnapped and he awakes in an underground cell to find a masked attacker with a knife charging at him.\u00a0Jack, it seems, has been chosen &#8211; along with a dozen other elite soldiers &#8211; to compete in a series of deadly challenges designed to fulfil an ancient ritual.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0In the process, he will discover the mysterious and powerful group of individuals behind it all: the four legendary kingdoms.\u00a0He might also discover that he is not the only hero in this place&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65124\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65124\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-65124\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-7.09.17-pm.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-18-at-7-09-17-pm\" width=\"515\" height=\"567\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-65124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Reilly shared the first page of The Four Legendary Kingdoms on social media just recently.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-jack-west-novels-by-matthew-reilly\/series6.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Learn more about the Jack West Jr. novels<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-65091 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Seven-Ancient-Wonders.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"9781742611730\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Six-Sacred-Stones.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/the-five-greatest-warriors.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>To celebrate<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/2016\/10\/05\/win-years-supply-books-booktoberfest\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Booktoberfest<\/a> at Booktopia, order\u00a0<em>The Four Legendary Kingdoms\u00a0<\/em>by October 31st and you\u2019ll go into the draw to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest-2016\/sport\/promo705.html\" target=\"_blank\"> win a fiction prize pack worth $1000<\/a>! And if you order <em>any<\/em> book from the Booktoberfest showcase, you\u2019ll go into the draw to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest\/promo100.html\" target=\"_blank\">win a year\u2019s supply of books. <\/a>That\u2019s a $50 gift voucher every week \u2013 for an entire year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest\/promo100.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64547\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/booktoberfest-blog-banner-general.png\" alt=\"booktoberfest-blog-banner-general\" width=\"617\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a very special day for fans of Matthew Reilly&#8217;s Jack West Jr. series. After seven long years, the fourth book in the series, The Four Legendary Kingdoms, is finally available! Booktopian Emily Meredith has been a fan for years. Asked about her thoughts on the series, she responded: I\u00a0was gripped from the first chapter of\u00a0Seven Ancient Wonders, and the thrills just didn&#8217;t stop\u00a0&#8211; I still dream about Reilly&#8217;s amazing recreation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon! I literally cried tears of joy when I discovered that this fourth book in the series, The Four Legendary Kingdoms,\u00a0is a continuation of Jack West Jr.&#8217;s story. I am absolutely thrilled with the cover for this book &#8211; it matches my copies from years ago! New fans will be enchanted by the intricacy of the\u00a0artwork. Be sure to look at it very closely &#8211; Matthew Reilly&#8217;s covers often reveal hints about the story within. About the book:\u00a0 Jack West Jr and his family are living happily on their remote farm,\u00a0when Jack is brutally kidnapped and he awakes in an underground cell to find a masked attacker with a knife charging at him.\u00a0Jack, it seems, has been chosen &#8211; along with a dozen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":65094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,24,73],"tags":[7071,3595,6701],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SocialMediaImage-6-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65091"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65392,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65091\/revisions\/65392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}