Penance

by Sean Wise

Lt. LJ McCloud is assigned to a powder keg case when she has to investigate the homicide of a costumed criminal perpetrated by a masked superhero named Penance. As she begins the investigation, the media circus surrounding the case could leave the city of Atlanta and the entire south hanging in the balance, especially when a mob of vigilantes come seeking vengeance at the police station!

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Sean Wise specializes in helping emerging and high growth potential organizations jump on the trajectory and turn a profit. His intense, entertaining and direct approach has earned him a loyal following of disciples who swear by his lessons and best practices for business success.

With nine years of professional services and more than 15 years of entrepreneurial services to his credit, Wise has helped found five business ventures of his own to date, the first at age 16. When seeking the best in business, CBC recruited him as online host and industry advisor for their hit show, Dragons' Den.

Wise is also a popular writer with his Globe and Mail column and book of the same name: Wise Words: Lessons in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. In his latest book, How to be a Business Superhero, Wise takes audiences on a guided tour through the world of superheroes and their lessons, directly relating them to essential business strategies we all need to master in order to succeed in today's workplace. Wise's third book, HOT OR NOT: how to know if your business idea will fail or fly! is due mid 2012.

A professor of entrepreneurship at the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson, Wise majored in engineering and economics at Carleton University and earned a law degree and MBA from the University of Ottawa. Wise helped found Ernst & Young's Venture Capital Advisory Group in Canada and has helped clients raise more than $2.5 billion after training with him.

Wise is a natural storyteller with a direct, knowledgeable style and an unmistakable passion for business.

Reviews

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

While the creative lay out all of their influences in the forward, and in many ways I think this surpasses much of Alan Moore's and Brain Michael Bendis' work. They created their own characters and an an interesting story. They built a world where super heroes are forming unions, corruption is everywhere (government, union, cops, corporations) and a hero can be put on trial for suspected murder. Well done, well crafted, and while they don't intend a sequel there is enough world building for them to return to this world.