Seven Wonders / Adam Christopher
“Seven Wonders is everything that’s great about superhero novels -
a fast pace, a complicated plot, iconic characters, and an unlimited effects budget.
Absolutely wonderful.”
- Seanan McGuire, New York Times Bestselling author of
Discount Armageddon and Ashes of Honor
“A cool, clever, wickedly twisty superhero story…
You can, and will, provide your own pictures…”
- Mike Carey, New York Times bestselling writer of The Unwritten and X-Men
About the Book:
Tony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling Metropolis of San Ventura – a city gripped in fear, a city under siege by the hooded supervillain, The Cowl.
When Tony develops super-powers and acts to take down The Cowl, however, he finds that the local superhero team Seven Wonders aren’t as grateful as he assumed they’d be…
File Under: Science Fiction [ Heroes In Action | A Double Cross | Kapow! | Tables Turned ]
More praise for Adam Christopher:
“A blast of pure pleasure. This is Watchmen Meets NYPD Blue, while The Incredibles stroll by; fast-moving action infused with Christopher’s infectious love of
pulp fiction and the superhero genre.”
- Philip Palmer, author of Version 43, Hell Ship and Artemis
“Superheroes, we’ve always been told, are far above the common man in both powers and nobility, but Adam Christopher unrelentingly tells the story of heroes struggling to guide the world long after they’ve lost their own way. Seven Wonders slams readers in the gut from the very first page and then just keeps on firing cannons, giving readers the same choice as every single citizen of San Ventura… either duck and cover, or ride along with the laser.”
- Paul Tobin, author of Prepare to Die!, Spider-Girl and Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man
“Seven Wonders is a rollicking roller-coaster of a novel – Christopher has created characters you care about and a plot that doesn’t let up, all wrapped up in prose as feisty as its superheroes… Ka-pow! I loved it. A must-read for 2012.”
- Alison Littlewood, author of A Cold Season
“Adam Christopher’s debut novel is a noir, Philip K Dick-ish science fiction superhero story… a novel of surreal resonances, things that are like other things, plot turns that hearken to other plot turns. It’s often fascinating, as captivating as a kaleidoscope… just feel it in all its weird glory.”
- Cory Doctorow, author of Makers and Little Brother
“Adam Christopher maintains a punchy, bestseller prose style that keeps the action rocketing along.”
- Paul Cornell, Doctor Who scriptwriter, and author of Stormwatch and Demon Knights
“Adam Christopher maintains a punchy, bestseller prose style that keeps the action rocketing along, and protagonists that seem right both in their own setting, and appropriate to what we already recognise as super heroes. Empire State is an excellent, involving read, and it fully deserves to be the start of a new universe.”
- Paul Cornell, Doctor Who scriptwriter, and author of Stormwatch and Demon Knights
“A daring, dreamlike, almost hallucinatory thriller, one that plays with the conventions of pulp fiction and superheroes like a cat with a ball of yarn.”
- Kurt Busiek, Eisner Award-winning writer of Astro City and Marvels
“Down these steam driven streets a man must go… straight into a pocket universe of trouble. Brutal, knowing and deft, Adam Christopher delivers.”
- Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of The Fallen Blade
“Stylish, sinister, and wickedly fun, Empire State is not your average sexy retro parallel universe superhero noir.”
- Lauren Beukes, Arthur C Clarke Award-winning author of Zoo City
SEVEN WONDERS
Adam Christopher
Science Fiction
UK/RoW
6 Sep 2012
416pp B-format paperback
£7.99 UK
ISBN 9780857661951
US/CAN
28 Aug 2012
352pp trade paperback
$7.99 US $8.99 CAN
ISBN 9780857661968
eBook
28 Aug 2012
£4.49
ePub ISBN 9780857661975
