Those Who Walk in Darkness

I'd guess anyone who has any history in "comic-book-dom" (especially the "Marvel Universe") when reading this book will find it difficult not to draw a few parallels with the X-Men's struggles. (By the way, this book is so heavy with certain political baggage and hovering racism that I doubt most wil......more

pre "Heroes" pre 'Superpowers' pre 'Iron Man', a look at superheroes in everyday society and the consequences thereof.........more

Started reading this in a used bookstore and had to buy it because it was easier than digging up the copy I had in the basement stashed in places unknown. The story is set near-future where Soledad O'Roark is a rookie on a SWAT team that specializes in taking down renegade superheroes/supervillains.......more

After a supervillain blows up San Francisco, mutants (the only powered people in this setting) are outlawed in the U.S.. Soledad O'Roark is a cop with the LAPD MTAC unit which serves warrants on and goes after mutants, and has to deal with a conspiracy to disgrace her, a complicated love life and he......more

Soledad "Bullet" O'Roark is a super-power hunter, taking some of them down with a gun of her own invention. She's a cop with issues and has problems with relationships and her world is such that she keeps trying to connect with someone but no-one likes her life for long enough to stick around and tr......more