Sentinels: The Dark Crusade: Sentinels Superhero Novels, Vol 8

Sentinels Superhero Novels #8

by Van Allen Plexico, Chris Kohler (Illustrations)

VOLUME 8 IN THE GREATEST SUPERHERO NOVEL SERIES OF ALL! With 5 new full-page illustrations and cover art by series artist Chris Kohler ! Masquerading as the heroic “Law,” the arch-villain known as the Black Terror has seized control of a vast starfleet and set out to conquer the mighty Kur-Bai Empire.
Trapped on opposite sides of a galactic civil war, Esro and Mondrian fight alongside the Elites, Shiva battles inner demons, and a weakened Vanadium finds himself held captive, while the Red Star pursues his own mysterious agenda.
Now, as war engulfs the galaxy, Pulsar and Wendy must decide on whose side they will fight. Will they join with Earth’s alien foes, or will they trust their greatest enemy, even as he launches... THE DARK CRUSADE! “Stellar characterization, larger-than-life stories, and, most-importantly, superheroes who aren't ashamed to act heroic… No one, either in comics or prose, is doing superheroes better than Van Allen Plexico.” —Percival Constantine, author of the Vanguard series "Grandiose storytelling done with gusto and panache." --Ron Fortier, Pulp Fiction Reviews "Nobody--not even Abnett and Lanning-- is doing cosmic superheroes as well as Van Allen Plexico is doing them. Period." --Barry Reese, creator of the Rook The Sentinels Superhero novel
1. When Strikes the Warlord
2. A Distant Star
3. Apocalypse Rising
4. The Shiva Advent
5. Worldmind
6. Stellarax
7. Metalgod
8. The Dark Crusade
9. Vendetta (coming in 2017)

210 pages, Paperback

First published September 13, 2016

About the author

Van Allen Plexico has written a dozen novels and contributed to at least that many anthologies, but is best known for his popular and critically-acclaimed SENTINELS superhero novels, as well as the two-time Novel of the Year Finalist LORDS OF FIRE and its sequels in the "Shattering" space opera series. In the realm of nonfiction, he co-wrote the best-selling DECADES OF DOMINANCE and SEASON OF OUR DREAMS books about Auburn football and created the ASSEMBLED! books, exploring the history of Marvel’s AVENGERS comics. He writes and edits for numerous publishers including Airship 27, Pro Se Press, Permuted/Swarm Press, Maple Street Press, New Babel Books, Adamant, and White Rocket, along with occasional columns for RevolutionSF.com and the War Eagle Reader. He serves as an Associate Professor at Southwestern Illinois College.

Reviews

[Nathan Woll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, but if the last book doesn't tie up all these loose ends, I'm going to retroactively rate everything a 1....

Also, the Anna Maldini thread seems very tacked on.