{"product_id":"9780692375266","title":"Astonishing Heroes","description":"Presented by iPulpFiction.com\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Trent\u003c\/b\u003e is a high rolling hit-man plucked from Hell only if he kills for Heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn anonymous city bureaucrat, \u003cb\u003eThe Reclaimer\u003c\/b\u003e, senses what evil lurks via emanations from tenement walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, \u003cb\u003eOnyx Adams\u003c\/b\u003e, a tough, kung fu'ing Afro-wearing female private eye teams with a so-called b'wana devil, the \u003cb\u003eGhost Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e, to thwart one of history's greatest villains back from the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Silencer\u003c\/b\u003e is a Vietnam vet who returns home but the war goes on when a bomb injures him and kills the woman he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seeming sellout Uncle Tom agent provocateur, \u003cb\u003eAmerican Black\u003c\/b\u003e, reveals other plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA weed smoking, easygoing inner city teen working in an old folks' home inherits amazing powers and responsibilities from WWII-era heroine \u003cb\u003eVictory Angel\u003c\/b\u003e as \u003cb\u003eKidd Vee\u003c\/b\u003e; and several of the heroes team up in the past and present to prevent a climate calamity by a fanatical billionaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this anthology of 10 action-packed prose stories, veteran crime and mystery fictioneer and graphic novelist Gary Phillips (author of \u003ci\u003eBig Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWarlord of Willow Ridge\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBlack Pulp\u003c\/i\u003e anthology) offers his rip-roaring revisionist take on the superhero genre - \u003ci\u003eThe Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eManchild in the Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a special to this collection, Phillips has written an original outing bringing together several of these characters in one adventure for the first time ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you'll find tales of:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• American Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Envoy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Ghost Wolf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Kidd Vee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Onyx Adams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Reclaimer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Silencer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Terror Flame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Victory Angel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by iPulpFiction.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iPulpFiction.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009885290736,"sku":"9780692375266","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692375266_p0.jpg?v=1763612688","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692375266","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}