Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars

Alex Irvine

listopad 2023 · Open Road Media

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Marvel’s greatest heroes and villains battle for survival across the galaxy on an unknown planet in this prose adaptation of the classic graphic novel.

In a flash of light, Earth’s mightiest heroes find themselves aboard a mysterious spaceship in an unfamiliar galaxy alongside a ship filled with their deadliest foes. They have been summoned to the strange planet known as Battleworld by an omnipotent cosmic entity, the Beyonder. His message is simple: “Slay your enemies and all you desire shall be yours . . .”

The only hope the Avengers, the X-Men, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four have now is to prepare for a fight. But who among this murderers’ row of villainy poses the greatest threat? Is it the powerful Magneto? The manipulative Molecule Man? The world-eater, Galactus? Kang the Conqueror? Ultron, the robot whose only desire is to kill all life? Maybe it’s the enigmatic Beyonder? Or perhaps they should worry about what plans Doctor Doom has up his sleeve.

With so many questions to answer, only one thing is certain: the battle royale begins now . . .

O autorovi

Alex Irvine was tagged as a writer to watch when he won the 2002 Locus and International Horror Guild awards for A Scattering of Jades, his first novel. Since then, he’s written a handful of other novels (Buyout, The Narrows, and One King, One Soldier), plus a pair of short story collections. He made the leap into super-hero fiction with the novels Batman: Inferno and The Ultimates: Against All Enemies. His comics work includes the MAX miniseries Hellstorm: Son of Satan with artist Russell Braun and Daredevil Noir with Tomm Coker. He also writes the games Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Marvel War of Heroes, and Marvel Puzzle Quest. After finishing his PhD at Denver University, Irvine taught American literature and creative writing at the University of Maine from 2005–11.