Being a hero could
cost her everything...
In 1960's
Jet City, women are supposed to want marriage and babies, not cowls and secret
identities. When her beloved aunt is murdered by a new crime syndicate, Alice
takes up the mantle of the Serpent, a heroine that's been protecting Jet City
for decades.
But one
mistake will unleash a nightmare villain who will stop at nothing to take
control of the city and kill anyone who stands in the way.
Can Alice
survive the battle and become the hero she was always meant to be? Or will the
price be too much to bear?
If you
like brave heroines, chilling villains, and fast-paced action, then you'll
love Serpent's Sacrifice, the first novel in an exciting new
superhero series. Get your copy today and start the adventure!
Serpent’s
Sacrifice (Pulp Action)
The
Vigilantes Book #1
By Trish
Heinrich
Beautiful
Fire Publications
ISBN # 978-0999066911
Price
$12.99 (Paperback)
484 Pages
Rating 4.5-Stars
“Great
characters, good story telling, and great action.”
In
1947 we’re introduced to Alice Seymour, Marco Meyer, and Lionel. They are
children ages 9 to 12, living in a poor section of Jet City. Alice’s father is
a drunk and beats her and her mother. When her mother is killed during a
robbery, her mother’s sister, Aunt Diane Miller and her husband come to take
Alice away. The story then jumps to 1959, and Alice is a young woman, just out
of college with a degree in business. She’s taking over her aunt’s business,
Atlas Bookstore, and plans to live in the loft.
Her aunt also teaches her how to fight. One night Aunt Diane is killed
by a group of men, and now Alice has lost a second person close to her. She’s
also attacked one night, and fights the men off, then meets the local
superheroes, Shadow Master and American Steel, not recognizing them at first,
for they are her childhood friends, Marco and Lionel. Now she joins them and
wants to help fight crime and find the killer of her aunt.
With
the help of the first super heroine, The Serpent, she takes on the guise of the
third incarnation of the super heroine, and learns that a crime syndicate is
operating in the city ran by the mysterious Phantasm. Her aunt, Diane was the
identity of the second Serpent.
Okay,
I loved the story and characters, and the novel was well written. It kept my
interest throughout, and kept me turning the pages. But I didn’t like the
ending. In comic books you can have the super hero fighting the villain
forever, but in a novel, I want to see a conclusion. I want to see the battle
between good and evil at the end of the story. I don’t want to read three to
four hundred pages, then find out I have to get the second novel to “maybe”
find out how the hero wins the struggle with the villain. And that’s the
weakness in the novel. The reader has invested their time and thrilled to the
action, as it leads to the final confrontation between the hero and villain,
and when it doesn’t happen we’re left empty – or mad. Hey, I was expecting a
big fight scene between The Serpent and Phantasm. But it didn’t happen. Maybe in
the next three to four hundred page novel? But I do recommend this book very
highly. Great characters, good story telling, and great action.
Tom
Johnson
Author
of THE COBRA
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