XMen, Christopher Golden
XMen, Christopher Golden
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X-Men
Mutant Empire Book One: Siege

Author: Christopher Golden

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/20/2020

Synopsis

They live as outcasts, hated and feared by the very humanity they protect. They are mutants, born with strange and wonderful powers that set them apart from the rest of the human race. Under the tutelage of Professor Charles Xavier, they are more than mutants. They are the X-Men. Magneto, the X-Men's oldest, deadliest foe, has taken over a top-secret government installation that houses the Sentinels, powerful mutant-hunting robots. The X-Men must fight to keep this deadly technology out of Magneto's hands. But the Acolytes, Magneto's fanatical mutant followers, stand between the X-Men and victorya victory thats quickly slipping awayfor a more ruthless enemy, the U.S. government, holds the X-Men responsible for the installation's takeover! This electrifying new novel by acclaimed author Christopher Golden is the ultimate adventure that no X-fan should be without!

About Christopher Golden

Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling author of Of Saints and Shadows, The Myth Hunters, The Boys Are Back in Town, and Snowblind. He has edited the anthologies The New Dead, The Monster's Corner, and 21st Century Dead. Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, cowritten with Mike Mignola, launched the Eisner Award-nominated comic book series Baltimore.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on April 29, 2015

Golden's Mutant Empire trilogy is an excellent example of graphic characters being translated successfully into a prose format. His care for the work is evident as he explores peripheral characters that get short shrift in the comics, bringing them to life and showing how important they are to the b......more

Goodreads review by Brett on May 14, 2018

I originally read this when I was in high school, though I never finished the trilogy of books. I re-read this now with the intent of going back and finishing it out. I read a bunch of these kinds of novels during my transitory timeframe from comic-reader to actual book reader. Revisiting it is a di......more

Goodreads review by Neil on May 24, 2020

I found myself actually enjoying this book more the second time around then the first time I read it 20+ years ago when it first came out. That was a pleasant surprise, as I was not the least bit impressed with it the first time I read it. It is a pretty basic book, to be honest. It is not like the......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on January 15, 2018

3.75/5 stars I was so pleasantly surprised by this! I discovered this at a yard sale and bought it because it had good reviews. I adore the X-Men and was curious to see how well my favorite characters translated into novel form. Luckily, it was exactly what I was hoping for! This novel gives a depth......more

Goodreads review by Blake on February 02, 2021

Man, I just love these novel adaptations of comics! I realized after I started "reading" this that Christopher Golden wrote this and the last Hellboy book I "read." So, now I'm wondering if I don't just love Christopher Golden's writing style. He is able to add so much depth to the characters with n......more

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