Despite being at their mercy, Steve Clarke, aka superhero Reaver, is inexplicably given a boon by arch-nemesis Octagon and his cadre of supervillains, Eleventh Hour - instead of killing him outright, they grant him 2 weeks to take care of his affairs before he reports back to them to fight to the death. Steve uses the two weeks to come to grips with how he became a superhero in the first place, the loss of superfriends, his own moral ambiguity at times, and to reunite with his high school love, the girl who got away (or was pushed away due to Steve's unanticipated mutation caused by a chemical spill which transformed some of the cars occupants and killed others).
An incomplete list of books that I've read and liked. Or not liked. And would recommend. Or not recommend. But mostly would.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Sequel to Divergent
Tris, now on the run as war erupts, attempts to figure out what information is so vital, or so dangerous, that some factions would destroy others just to contain it.
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Divergent by Veronica Roth
In dystopian Chicago, society has been divided into 5 factions, each dedicated to cultivating a certain value:
- Amity (the peaceful)
- Candor (the honest)
- Abnegation (the selfless)
- Erudite (the intelligent)
- Dauntless (the brave)
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
Lots and lots and LOTS of geek and pop culture references from the 80's, as a teenage boy and his cohorts/competition attempt to solve puzzles in an online game that will determine who controls the internet in a futuristic society that lives mainly online. Full summary from the publisher after the break. Good for advanced teens and adults interested in the tagged subjects. 2011.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Rise of Renegade X, by Chelsea M. Campbell
Damien Locke is all set for his 16th birthday - it's the day his life of crime officially begins. It's basically a technicality - Damien's mom is the mad scientist Mistress of Mayhem, he is a shoe-in for Vilmore Academy, the ultimate school for teenage supervillains and he's already got his supervillain name picked out: Midnight Marauder. But in Golden City, all supers have a letter appear on their hand on their 16th birthday to make it official - H for heroes and V for villains. So imagine Damien's surprise when his V doesn't show up, but neither does an H; an X appears instead.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
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