XMen, Christopher Golden
XMen, Christopher Golden
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X-Men
Mutant Empire Book Two: Sanctuary

Author: Christopher Golden

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 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 the entire island of Manhattan and declared it a haven for mutants. Ruled by Magneto and his Acolytes, and enforced by reprogrammed Sentinelspowerful giant robotsthe haven is the first step in Magneto's ultimate goal of world domination: the Mutant Empire. Now only the X-Men stand between Magneto and that goal. But the road to victory will not be an easy one, as half the X-Men are trapped in spaceand mutants from all over the world are flocking to Manhattan and taking Magneto's side against the X-Men. 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 Chris on August 11, 2022

X-MEN: Sanctuary By Christopher Golden, is the second book in the Mutant Empire trilogy, picks up exactly where the first one left off, and develops the story further toward the resolution in the last novel. Just as with Siege, Sanctuary keeps the X-Men team divided into two halves, with one half dea......more

Goodreads review by Robert on January 16, 2024

Ok so when I was younger, like most people my age, I loved Wolverine. I can barely stand the character now. Just throwing that into the ether. He’s crazy one dimensional and super boring. All that aside this is a solid second chapter to the story. The stuff on board the Starjammer is so far my favor......more

Goodreads review by Neil on May 30, 2020

I liked this book better the second time around, but it was still disappointing in many areas. However, it did have some character development in it, which did surprise me. It also had some interesting (great) insights and observations regarding a couple of characters, which also caught me off-guard......more

Goodreads review by Thee_ron_clark on August 10, 2009

I read the Mutant Empire novels in one combined book. In Sanctuary, Magneto has gathered numerous mutants in Manhatten and taken it over as his own empire. With half the X-Men on another mission and X-Factor out of the loop, it is up to a few X-Men to try to stop Magneto on their own. As with the fir......more

Goodreads review by Alex on March 01, 2020

Despite being a middle book in a series, this book had me hooked from page one just like the first one. I was never bored and it was very well written. Everything was done in a very X-Men style without feeling like an overdone soap opera like some of the comics. I'm loving every second of all of the......more

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