Project Chronos: The War Begins

by Steve Antonette

For years Charles Peterson, CEO of Chronos, has been patiently waiting for his scientists to perfect the superhuman process. Unfortunately now that they have achieved success, more problems are surfacing than answers. Anxious to give Normals what every Super takes for granted, he summons help from a few reluctant participants to capture Supers and gather their blood to replicate their impressive abilities. Eric Pongo, an agent with the Super Being Unit government force tasked with keeping Supers in check, has figured out what Peterson is up to and is attempting to rally the few good Supers to help stop the CEO's plan before they are all caught. Meanwhile, Ami Marik-one of the first Supers to go public-is pleading with the government and the SBU to bring peace to the Super and Normal communities. But as Super chaos unfolds and a battle begins endangering lives, now only time will tell if the government will side with the SBU and if all Supers will have to be sequestered on an island from which no Super has ever returned. In this science fiction tale, a group of superhumans must fight to stay alive and free from those determined to steal their powers as the truth is slowly unveiled.

172 pages, Paperback

Published October 16, 2015

Reviews

[kellie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I actually found this really dull. Didn't really get what was going on and there were tons of mistakes.

[Lamar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible and really boring, not worth reading ever again!

[Stephen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Project Chronos: The War Begins was not the worst book I've read, but I expected a lot more from a super hero story. Personally, I think that the action scenes were lacking, without much to stir up the imagination. The biggest flaw I saw with the book was a bare story arc with way too many heroes shoehorned in. It felt like the author had an agenda of characters going into writing, and didn't make the book nearly long enough to make the stories of them flow.

Another problem that I had was a lack of immersion. It was hard to get into the scenes. It would help to have a picture at the start of each chapter, as the descriptions on some of the characters weren't complete or there at all.

Finally, many of the powers held by characters in the story are ones that have been used before. I was hoping to see something original in the powers. Not just the generic Marvel/DC ones.

Overall, there were many parts lacking, but I would like to see a sequel, perhaps with a bit more flavor to it.

[Yesenia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book free for an honest review in the goodreads giveaway section.

This book was too cliche and it was your typical superheroes book. Petereson wants all the superheroes dead with no character development. While reading this book I felt like I was watching a Marvel/Dc movie. Even at the end of the book Pongo is your typical character working with the superheroes and at the end turns it back him due to a grudge from the past. I can tell the book is still not finished and I hope it gets better.

[K. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I actually found this really dull. Didn't really get what was going on and there were tons of mistakes.

[Jason · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did well to finish the book. I found it hard to understand why so many characters were written for a short book.