Superman is arguably the first superhero. And he’s certainly the first comic-book superhero. He’s been helping people in comics since 1938, which is a long time. Edward Gross attempts to present the entire length and breadth of Superman’s history. From when he was first conceived by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel up to today’s newest movies and comics, it’s all in
Read MoreDifficult divorce from a cocky jerk got you down? I’ve got a surefire cure: run off to Europe to look for a missing scientist with a handsome sweetie fellow spy. Narrowly avoid death multiple times and stop a potential new super soldier serum from falling into the wrong hands. Perfect right? Well, that might be a bit extreme but it worked
Read MoreIn Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii by James Moran the Doctor and his companion Donna are aiming for a nice relaxing day in (relatively) ancient Rome. But after they land, the duo realizes that they missed their mark by a couple of hundred miles and landed in Pompeii instead. Worse, the famous eruption is happening soon. Really soon. Like tomorrow!
Read MoreIn The Sun and The Star, we again return to Camp Half-Blood. Fans of Percy Jackson know that this summer camp is the place to be if you’re a demigod. And while, yeah, not everything about the camp is exactly like a mortal summer camp (monsters and demons pop up way too often), one thing remains the same at all camps:
Read MorePigs can’t look up, that’s a fact. But don’t they still deserve to see the stars? In Pigs Can’t Look Up one little girl thinks so. And she does everything she can to help her piggie friend see the awe-inspiring sight. Even as she sweetly tries to help her friend, others aren’t so kind to her. Heartbreakingly, she just wishes that
Read MoreBeing a teenager isn’t easy. Being a teenager in love, even less so. But when you also happen to be the son of Hades and your boyfriend is the son of Apollo difficult doesn’t begin to cover it. In The Sun and The Star (set in the world of Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro, Nico Di Angelo isn’t
Read MoreIt’s a simple question. What if Ursula had won that fateful day? What would it look like for The Little Mermaid’s Ariel and Eric? In Liz Braswell’s Part of Your World that is precisely what happened. Ursula, disguised as Vanessa, marries a bewitched Eric. Ariel believes her true love is stolen and her father is dead so she retreats to Atlantica.
Read MoreNeil Kleid’s The Phoenix Chase is the newest addition to Aconyte book’s Marvel School of X line of novels. This time Kid Omega’s friends get captured and the only way to save them is by turning to those with more experience than him. Working on a team isn’t Kid Omega’s style, but if he’s going to track down the deadly Phoenix
Read MoreResuming normal life after a rebellion isn’t easy. King Janaeus of Eidyn is trying to get the country back on track and he has a mission for the King’s Envoy, and best friend, Aranok. Janaeus wants Aranok, his bodyguard, Allandria, the head of the army, Glorbad, and the head of the navy, Nirea, to travel across the country, retrieve a deposed
Read MoreIn Gareth Hanrahan’s The Sword Defiant, it’s been twenty years since the Nine vanquished Lord Bone and saved the world. Now those heroes have changed. Some have passed, some have become politicians, some have become magnates, and some are lost. And some continue to fight even as they realize they’re getting too old for it. But now something is coming. Something
Read MoreFelicia Hardy is arguably the best thief in the world. So when a magical golden apple shows up in New York promising the answer to any one question for the owner, everyone wants Felicia to nab it for them. But she has no interest in golden apples. Instead, a scruffy little teenager has stolen Black Cat’s attention. Casey Beck’s dad has
Read MoreOn an undeveloped planet in the neutral zone between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, a scientist has gone missing. In fact, an entire team has mysteriously vanished. Ships from both the Federation and the Empire have sent teams to recover the scientist and any surviving research. But the planet turns out to be hiding a deadly secret. The two teams
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