Man I love this book. This book is just all-out action, from cover to cover. I don't know if any of you have ever seen that movie Crank? It's with Jason Statham. He was in the Transporter movies too. Anyways that movie really did crank from beginning to end. It really was non-stop. So if this book was a movie, that's what it would be like. The Outsider/Checkmate team has gone to Oolong island to try to steal all the information that these scientists have been working on for Intergang, or was it for the Chinese Govt.. Maybe both. Anyways, they were expected, they were setup, and the island computers attempted to ransack the Checkmate computers. Mr. Terrific had to take the network offline to protect the database. But that also meant leaving the team out there alone. Which on this island, is not a good thing. Long story short, they have a serious fight on there hands, just to get back to the rendezvous point. The Black Queen and Nightwing basically sacrifice themselves, so that everyone else can get out. But now they, and Owen, are at the mercy the Humpty Dumpty guy, " . . . the last-generation OMAC hybrid . . . a purported speedster . . . these 2 I can certainly work with . . . I am eager to get started. Let's take them apart, shall we August General? Let's see what make's them tick." I don't know what's more disturbing? What he's said. Or that he's drooling while he's saying it. Either way, these 3 are in for a world of hurt. The rest of the team isn't in great shape either. They made it to the Pequod, but they're being pursued by Immortal Man in Darkness. " . . . a living jet. Durlan technology where the pilot and the plane become one . . ." My father-in-law used to say to me "Don't start no shit and there won't be none!". Well these guys are hip deep in it now. I can't wait to see how they get out of this. Fantastic book by Winick, Clark, Randall and Thibert.
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