Dark Hunter

Villain.Net #2

by Andy Briggs

When a mysterious benefactor springs him from Diablo Island penitentiary, Jake Hunter is back on the run, trying to locate the man who wiped out his family's memories of him and dodging the efforts of the hero Chameleon to track him down. Unfortunately, his benefactor wants something in return-for Jake to kidnap the president of the United States. Sure, Jake's the most powerful supervillain on earth, but will the ordinary schoolkid in him be up to the deadly challenge? Dark Hunter is an action-packed adventure, full of even more dastardly villains and exciting showdowns and intricately linked to the anti-series, Hero.com.

Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fiction, Adventure, Action

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Andy is a screenwriter, graphic novelist, author and conservationist – writing on movie projects such as “JUDGE DREDD” and “FREDDY VS JASON” and “FOREVERMAN” for Paramount Pictures, Spiderman creator Stan Lee and legendary producer Robert Evans. He has worked on TV projects for Syfy, Netflix, ITV and Amazon and is working extensively between the UK, US and China.

Andy went on to work on Warner Bros.’ animated “AQUAMAN” – while at the same time landing an eight-book deal with Oxford University Press for “HERO.COM” and “VILLAIN.NET”. His comics and graphic novels include MADISON DARK, RITUAL and DINOCORPS.

He wrote and Executively Produced the UK/Chinese movie – LEGENDARY – starring Scott Adkins and Dolph Lungdren. In 2018 his latest movie, CROWHURST (directed by Simon Rumley, Dist. Studio Canal),was released this year to critical acclaim. SUPERVIZED (directed by Steve Barron, starring Tom Berenger, Beau Bridges )was released in 2019. In 2020 his latest theatric drama-documentary, THE BASTARD KING was release in France to huge critical acclaim.

He has rebooted the classic character TARZAN, with a series of contemporary books TARZAN: THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY, TARZAN: THE JUNGLE WARRIOR and TARZAN: THE SAVAGE LANDS. His latest series of middle grade novels – THE INVENTORY – and DRONE RACER – are published by Scholastic. 2019 saw his debut novel for adults, CTRL+S, published by Orion.

His latest venture, The Shingle Media, is a new production company that will make theatre, TV and film, and it already has an exciting slate of projects…

Reviews

[Lee Willie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better and better

Really enjoying these books, more so with each new novel. Love the way the stories entwine with hero.com. Nice to see the world isn't so black and white in the novel and heroes and villains are not so straight cut as they first seem

[Kobe]

help

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reviewed by Kira M for TeensReadToo.com

Jake Hunter is tired of being a villain. He wants his life back the way it was before he visited Villain.net and turned into the most powerful super-villain in the world.

Locked up in Diablo Island Penitentiary by the heroes who wiped his family's memory of him, he longs for nothing more than to get out, get revenge on the man who wiped his family's memories or make him reverse the memory damage, and get back to living a normal teenage life.

When a mysterious benefactor helps him escape and causes the Hero.com website's server to go down, Jake's ecstatic - until that person wants him to kidnap the President of the United States. Can Jake get his life back to the way it was without getting recaptured by the hero.com people? Will Jake kidnap the President?

The plot is fast-paced and enjoyable. This adventure is filled with action, grayed lines between good and evil, and well-developed characters. Avid and reluctant readers who like action, superheroes, magical realism, and fantasy will enjoy reading DARK HUNTER, as well as the other books written by this author.

[Mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting revelation about Lorna, which I'm guessing was a clever hook to get readers interested in the parallel series Hero.com. We did see a bit more of the heroes in this novel which evened it out nicely.

I enjoyed Jake's character development, he's changed from a boy who took his family for granted (possibly like most teenagers) to losing them and acknowledging that he will do anything to get them back. He also doesn't seem as controllable as in the previous book, he now knows his own mind and isn't blindly following Basilisk.

[Sian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an amazing story about a boy who had his parents mind wiped by heroes and is certain to get them back. But what he does not know is that his girlfriend is a hereo and a person fromthe council of evil is plotting to use him. But is the ordinary school bully inside Jake ready for this adventure?

[Donna]

First in Series - Julian of Macedon
Steamy Smut

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book as always :D