Jak Lauren

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Jak Lauren is a character in the Deathlands series of novels by James Axler. He is an albino, and is distinguished in the books by his unusual syntax when speaking. He is a young man, in his late teens, and is an extremely capable hunter and warrior. His signature weapon are his leaf bladed throwing knives, of which he has between 8 and 12 hidden on him at all times, and often uses them as thrown weapons or for melee when guns are inappropriate. He also carries a large .357 Magnum that can also fire .38 rounds. Of the main characters in the books he is the most pragmatic survivalist. He comes from the suburb of West Lowellton in Lafayette, Louisiana, where the group first meet him. At the time,he is leading a group of rebels against an extremely sadistic baron known as Tourment. When Ryan and the other's first met him, and saw just how skillful of a fighter and leader he is, they are surprised to find he is only 14 years old. He is later married to Christian Ballinger, and temporarily leaves the group to settle down Latitude Zero, but tragedy strikes and his wife and daughter are savagely murdered, and he rejoins the group. Rider,Reaper

One of the many weapons in his arsenal is his coat, which has fragments of razor blades sewn into it. More than once in the series an opponent has grabbed Jak only to be cut by the coat.

Jak was not in the first book in the series, Pilgimage to Hell, and was introduced in the third book, Neutron Solstice

In the widely derided Deathlands: Homeward Bound movie from the Sci-Fi Channel, his personality was altered to that of a "savage".