Tariq Geiger has surrounded himself with some dangerous friends. His two-headed wolf Barney bears the trauma of the fateful night when Geiger found him. And their newfound companion—a former Nuclear Knight inspired by Geiger's acts of heroism—tries to atone for a life of unfettered violence and brutality.
Leaving his Boulder City home behind, Geiger and company walk the radioactive roads of the former United States in pursuit of a cure for The Glowing Man's nuclear-powered condition. But to obtain the information they need, Geiger's crew must face the myriad of threats hunting them.
From the sadistic mercenary known as The Electrician, the hundreds of cannibalistic Organ People, and even the robot soldier Junkyard Joe, Geiger's situation grows more perilous by the day.
But when Geiger and company stumble upon a strange slice of suburbia untouched by the apocalypse, some of Geiger's hunters finally catch up to him, endangering this oasis. And when they finally confront The Glowing Man, the question isn't whether Geiger's fury will go too far... it's how much of him will be left when it's over.
Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.