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The Gifted #1
The Gifted: Book 1: In the Beginning
Aliens. Vigilante Ninjas. Mad scientists.
Hard-nosed detectives. Super-heroes.
God.
An alien ship has crash-landed on Earth, setting off a new wave of drug addiction and world war in its wake, while the sole survivor of the wreckage vows revenge against the god-like authorities of his home planet. At the same time, the new president of the GenRes Company is obsessed with living up to his father’s medical success and has just discovered how to transform normal children into Genetically Altered super-humans. Who will control these children? The scientist, the alien, and a couple of ambitious criminals are all eager to keep them for their own use. But Someone else has entirely different plans for them. Follow as each development merges together and a new breed of adolescent superheroes rises to the forefront in The In the Beginning.
Hard-nosed detectives. Super-heroes.
God.
An alien ship has crash-landed on Earth, setting off a new wave of drug addiction and world war in its wake, while the sole survivor of the wreckage vows revenge against the god-like authorities of his home planet. At the same time, the new president of the GenRes Company is obsessed with living up to his father’s medical success and has just discovered how to transform normal children into Genetically Altered super-humans. Who will control these children? The scientist, the alien, and a couple of ambitious criminals are all eager to keep them for their own use. But Someone else has entirely different plans for them. Follow as each development merges together and a new breed of adolescent superheroes rises to the forefront in The In the Beginning.
253 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 15, 2010
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May 26, 2011
i won this book as part of the goodreads giveaways.
this book is the first in what looks to be a trilogy. in a lot of ways, it reminds me of a comic book. aliens crash-landing on earth. superhumans all developing various powers. unrevealed mysteries. good pulp reading. unfortunately, it reminds me of some of the video games you see nowadays, where you throw up something with all the right game mechanics, but that is missing the essential nature of a game.
the whole book feels like a prologue to something. it's true that it's labeled 'in the beginning' - but there's not really any buildup, climax, or resolution in the book. just a bunch of stuff that happens. worse, i didn't become attached to any of the characters at all. while things certainly happened to characters, none of it was as part of a story. instead, i might have just said 'person x became an orphan and developed superpowers.'
while i'm curious to know what the various superpowers are, and what's the deal with the aliens, i doubt i'll be reading the rest of the trilogy. a day after reading the book, i have a hard time remembering the names of any of the characters - all i can do is describe the cardboard cutout summarizing their power or what they represent.
also of note - there's a pretty strong religious message throughout the book, especially the anti-abortion portions.
this book is the first in what looks to be a trilogy. in a lot of ways, it reminds me of a comic book. aliens crash-landing on earth. superhumans all developing various powers. unrevealed mysteries. good pulp reading. unfortunately, it reminds me of some of the video games you see nowadays, where you throw up something with all the right game mechanics, but that is missing the essential nature of a game.
the whole book feels like a prologue to something. it's true that it's labeled 'in the beginning' - but there's not really any buildup, climax, or resolution in the book. just a bunch of stuff that happens. worse, i didn't become attached to any of the characters at all. while things certainly happened to characters, none of it was as part of a story. instead, i might have just said 'person x became an orphan and developed superpowers.'
while i'm curious to know what the various superpowers are, and what's the deal with the aliens, i doubt i'll be reading the rest of the trilogy. a day after reading the book, i have a hard time remembering the names of any of the characters - all i can do is describe the cardboard cutout summarizing their power or what they represent.
also of note - there's a pretty strong religious message throughout the book, especially the anti-abortion portions.
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