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Ronin: Book Two of The Long Game
It is the year 1977, and Americans everywhere are ready to put the embarrassment of the Vietnam War in their collective rear-view mirrors. But for Benjamin Lower, that is easier said than done. Freshly released from the psyche ward of the local VA, Ben wants nothing more than to drink away the last of his back pay on a California beach. But the mysterious Sirius Corporation has other plans for him, and Ben soon discovers that someone very powerful wants him dead.
That’s when he meets Domino, an enigmatic brunette who promises him answers to his questions. Questions like who ambushed Ben and killed his squad on their final mission into the jungles of Vietnam, or why the experience left him a living dynamo. Questions like what really happened to Malcolm Climaco. And behind it all is Domino’s manipulative employer, the Archer, whose agenda seems dubious at best.
Plunged into a world of secrecy and masks, Ben must come to grips with who he really is: A soldier. A warrior. A Ronin.
Rooted solidly in classic superheroic and pulp traditions, Ronin expands upon the storied Grapple Gun Universe—a brave new world where history has taken a different path. What if splitting the atom is less important than splicing the genome, and union riots led not only to labor reform, but to masked crusaders? From the Tower of Babel to the War on Terror, Grapple Gun Publishing brings you a world populated by an ensemble of original characters and legacies.
That’s when he meets Domino, an enigmatic brunette who promises him answers to his questions. Questions like who ambushed Ben and killed his squad on their final mission into the jungles of Vietnam, or why the experience left him a living dynamo. Questions like what really happened to Malcolm Climaco. And behind it all is Domino’s manipulative employer, the Archer, whose agenda seems dubious at best.
Plunged into a world of secrecy and masks, Ben must come to grips with who he really is: A soldier. A warrior. A Ronin.
Rooted solidly in classic superheroic and pulp traditions, Ronin expands upon the storied Grapple Gun Universe—a brave new world where history has taken a different path. What if splitting the atom is less important than splicing the genome, and union riots led not only to labor reform, but to masked crusaders? From the Tower of Babel to the War on Terror, Grapple Gun Publishing brings you a world populated by an ensemble of original characters and legacies.
158 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 30, 2014
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May 5, 2014
This is a superhero/metahuman story about a dastardly plot during the Vietnam War to create super-soldiers. Almost everyone in the story has superpowers of some sort. Those like Archer who don't have a super power that wreaks havoc when invoked, have superior brain power and training that more than compensates for any slight they experienced on the super powers.
Occasionally, this story alludes to a greater, more sinister plot (hence "The Long Game"), but there is not enough information to know what "The Long Game" is or how this particular book fits into "The Long Game." The metahumans introduced in this story were pretty evenly distributed to the forces of good and the forces of evil, ebbing the reader ever closer a battle for dominion of such epic proportions that it will no doubt alter the Colossal universe in ways only the author can foresee.
Occasionally, this story alludes to a greater, more sinister plot (hence "The Long Game"), but there is not enough information to know what "The Long Game" is or how this particular book fits into "The Long Game." The metahumans introduced in this story were pretty evenly distributed to the forces of good and the forces of evil, ebbing the reader ever closer a battle for dominion of such epic proportions that it will no doubt alter the Colossal universe in ways only the author can foresee.
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