Soon I Will be Invincible - Hardcover

Grossman, Austin

3.67

14,191 ratings by Goodreads

9780718152918: Soon I Will be Invincible

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718152913 ISBN 13: 9780718152918

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2007

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Doctor Impossible ― evil genius, mad scientist, diabolical time-traveller, wannabe world dominator ― has just broken out of prison. Again. After twelve foiled ploys (doomsday devices, mass mind-control, robot armies, insect armies, alien invasions, etc.), he's not about to be foiled again.

Fatale, a patchwork woman of skin and alloy built by the NSA to be the next generation of warfare, is suddenly given the chance every superhero dreams of: to join the Champions, the once-famous group of beautiful young superheroes who have been newly reunited to stop Dr Impossible. We watch as Fatale becomes part of a team ― its greatest hero missing, its members struggling with their damaged pasts as they come together in the face of unthinkable evil.

Soon I Will Be Invincible is a wildly entertaining adventure about good and evil, bursting with attitude and humour, that features a cast of superheroes and supervillains with remarkably human emotions, and who inhabit a world strangely similar to our own . . .

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Review:

'Every comic-book clich� in this witty, stunning debut is lovingly
embraced, then turned inside out'
-- Wired Magazine

'100% enjoyment ... I devoured every page drawing the pictures in
my head ... It breathes fresh and ironic life into the superhero
stereotypes.' -- EOIN COLFER, author of Artemis Fowl

'Austin Grossman has a superpower himself -- it's called writing
... winning, smart and funny ... It's terrific.'
-- DOUGLAS COUPLAND, author of Generation X and JPod

'Imaginative and, at times, achingly real ... an admirable
addition to the genre. I mean it as the highest possible compliment when I
say that it would make a damn good comic book.'
-- New York Times

'The Great American Novel (Superheroes Division) ... funny and
affectionate ... enormously satisfying ... Every undersea mansion or lunar
headquarters should have a copy.' -- Word Magazine

'This original comic book-style novel has a wry tone, an
action-packed narrative and sparkling prose ... Soon I Will Be Invincible
is absolutely stunning.' -- SciFi Now Magazine

From the Publisher:

Exclusive to this UK edition of Soon I Will Be Invincible are
eight full-colour pages of specially commissioned, new illustrations from
fan-favourite comicbook artist Bryan Hitch (The Authority, The Ultimates)

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