Noble Causes #27 - Image

We get away from the Nobles, a little, this issue. And spend some time with the Blackthornes. Kitty has broken free of her cage, in the basement, and is out on the town. The only problem is, she's a werewolf. Krennick has been following her for awhile. Although, he doesn't know who she really is. All he knows is that she's a monster that's been leaving a trail of bodies for months. This night he finally catches up to it, but he's really no match for her. She beats the crap out of him. Plus, after seeing the attack, we have to ask ourselves, is he infected? And if so, what kind of changes will that make in him? Anyways, the next day, Hunter goes out looking for her, and it pretty much takes the whole family to bring her down. He realizes that the elixir that he's been giving her, isn't helping her anymore, so he's going to call on the only person that he can think of that may be able to help her, Doc Noble. Of course they can't just knock on the door and ask, so Slate's decided that he's going to abduct Zephyr, since they're kind of friends now. But she doesn't know who he really is. But then there's other things going on too. Liz still hasn't regained her memory, partly because Gaia is giving her something to stop that. She doesn't want anyone to know that she loosed the monster the other day, that killed 7 people. She was trying to garner some good press coverage for the family. And Liz saw her creating the monster. Then we got Rusty, who's still in prison, hiring a private investigator to try to find Rae. He's certain that she was abducted and replaced with a robot. It's never occurred to him that she's been a robot all along. Plus we have the friendship between Liz and Zephyr. Zephyr is a loose spirit, and she see's Liz as someone she can talk to. Also she has a more objective opinion, since she's from the outside. I don't know about you, but this sound like the plot lines, almost, for any night-time soap opera. Seriously, if they can make Heroes a show, why not this one? Not that that will ever happen, but, my point is, that this book really draws you in because of the plethora of characters. Which is really what Jay Faerber books are really all about. Not so much the superheroes, as the people who happen to be them. Fantastic book. But you already know that. So . . . just keep it up.