Spider-Man: Emerald Mystery

Marvel Berkley/Byron Preiss Productions Prose Novels

by Dean Wesley Smith

When a fragment of a deadly emerald--one of the Jewels of Cyttorak--shattered by the X-Men falls into the hands of an arch-villain called "The Jewel," it is up to Spider-Man to find the magical green stone before all the citizens of New York run amok.

Genres: Spider Man, Superheroes, Marvel

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Pen Names
Edward Taft
Dee W. Schofield
Sandy Schofield
Kathryn Wesley

Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over ninety novels under many names and well over 100 published short stories. He has over eight million copies of his books in print and has books published in nine different countries. He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and romance as well as books for television, movies, games, and comics. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghost writer or under house names.

With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. The following is a list of novels under the Dean Wesley Smith name, plus a number of pen names that are open knowledge. Many ghost and pen name books are not on this list because he is under contractual obligations not to disclose that he wrote them. Many of Dean’s original novels are also under hidden pen names for marketing reasons.

Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.

Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books.

Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a prose novel starring Spider-Man that's told from the first-person viewpoint, a point that really didn't work for me. The villain is The Jewel, who has come into possession of one of the shards of a jewel of Cyttorak, of Cain Marko (Juggernaut) and X-Men fame, and uses it to force people to commit crimes for his benefit. One of the victims is a friend of MJ, Mrs. Spidey, so Peter, along with detective Barb Lightner whose partner has been killed, have to set things to rights. Not a bad story, but not one of my favorites. 'nuff said. Excelsior!

[Zombie_Phreak · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly this wasn’t very interesting. There are better Spider-Man books out there with better stories and better villains.

I recommend this only if you are like me and need to have every book in a series.

[Zee · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very accessible read with great pacing and plenty of action, but it wasn't for me.

[Kieran Westphal · Rating 2 out of 5]

spider-man is an odd character through which to write Baby's First Dashiell Hammett

[Taneysha forsyth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Death is an ugly business, and no one knows that better than the amazing Spider-Man. In a city like New York-crammed to the rafters with thugs, pugs, and superpowered losers-the chilling embrace of the Grim Reaper comes with the territory.

Death can also be a personal matter, coming from the muzzle of a gun, or the razor-sharp point of a knife. No one knows that better than private detective Barb Lightner, whose partner was just killed for a mysterious trinket.

But it's not just merder on Spider-Man's mind: something is turning ordinary people into zombie-like bank robbers, and one of the poor unfortunates is a friend of Spidey's wife, Mary Jane. Could this strange behavior, as well as the death of Lightner's partner, have anything to do with the arrival of a new crime boss on the scene-one who calls himself "The Jewel"?

Pooling their resources, the wall-crawling wonder and the hard-boiled detective are going to turn New York City upside-down to find some answers, and heaven help the bad guy who gets in their way!

[Kenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spider man was in big trouble. A women steals everything she likes. She is also a murder. Then she found out that there is a very rare jem. So she tried to steal it. This is my book. So if you want to borrow it ask me.

[Read1000books · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 1/2 stars. The first half was pot-boiling and the finale of the villain was a little quick, but it was good to see Spidey back in action since my comic book days.

[Corey Paris · Rating 1 out of 5]

A disapoitment. The character he wrote just didn't act or talk like Spidey.

[Ty Ridgway]

good book , would read again (after a few years)