Jack West, Jr., an adventurer from the Australian Outback.
Jonathan “Jack” West Junior is the main character in a book series by Australian author Matthew Reilly. He appears in the books Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, and The Five Greatest Warriors.
Jack West Junior’s father was a cold and ruthless American, Colonel Jack West Senior (“Wolf”), and his mother an unnamed Australian. He had an older sister but she was killed in a plane accident a few years before the events of Seven Ancient Wonders.
In ancient times, a Golden Capstone was placed atop the Great Pyramid at Giza during a rare solar event called the Tartarus Rotation. Once every 4,500 years, a superhot sunspot — the Tartarus Sunspot — aligned itself with Earth and caused immense worldwide flooding and sun-scorching. It is said that when the Capstone sat atop(…)
THE END OF THE WORLD IS HERE Unlocking the secret of the Seven Ancient Wonders was only the beginning… A mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has unraveled their work and triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in no less than the end of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope.(…)
IT BEGAN WITH SIX STONES… When we last left Jack West Jr., he was plummeting into a fathomless abyss and his quest to save the world from impending Armageddon appeared doomed. But all hope is not lost. After an astonishing escape, Jack regroups with his trusty team. Racing to rebuild the final pieces of the(…)