{"product_id":"9780857663153","title":"The Age Atomic","description":"\"If you're not careful, Adam Christopher will melt your face off with \u003ci\u003eThe Age Atomic\u003c\/i\u003e: the heat of the prose pairs with searing action. This is fireball storytelling and a rare follow-up that's better than its predecessor.\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eChuck Wendig\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBlackbirds \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Age Atomic\u003c\/i\u003e is another masterful tale by Adam Christopher. An action-packed noir Atompunk tale with more layers, facettes and twists than one would expect and which keeps the reader enthralled from the first to the last page. Highly recommended reading!\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eTraveler\u003c\/b\u003e, Daily Steampunk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Christopher provides a fast-paced novel which juggles high stakes and personal quests with great aplomb. 8\/10\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003ePaul Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e, Sci-Fi Bulletin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore praise for Adam Christopher: \u003cbr\u003e\"Adam Christopher's debut novel is a noir, Philip K Dick-ish science fiction superhero story... a novel of surreal resonances, things that are like other things, plot turns that hearken to other plot turns. It's often fascinating, as captivating as a kaleidoscope... just feel it in all its weird glory.\"  \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eCory Doctorow\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMakers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLittle Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eEmpire State\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Christopher's tightly plotted novel is a truly original debut that, while subtly referencing Orwell, Kafka, Marvel comics and Philip K Dick, manages to maintain its own distinctive tone – a genuine pathos and longing for something elusively other. Recommended.\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adam Christopher maintains a punchy, bestseller prose style that keeps the action rocketing along, and protagonists that seem right both in their own setting, and appropriate to what we already recognise as super heroes. \u003ci\u003eEmpire State\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent, involving read, and it fully deserves to be the start of a new universe.\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003ePaul Cornell\u003c\/b\u003e, Doctor Who scriptwriter, and author of \u003ci\u003eStormwatch \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDemon Knights\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A daring, dreamlike, almost hallucinatory thriller, one that plays with the conventions of pulp fiction and superheroes like a cat with a ball of yarn.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Kurt Busiek\u003c\/b\u003e, Eisner Award-winning writer of \u003ci\u003eAstro City \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMarvels\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As it happens, I'm a sucker for hard-boiled retro sci-fi stories; rocket-powered superheroes, spunky dames, fedoras, Studebakers slewing round gritty Gotham street-corners on two wheels, and Adam Christopher sure knows his way around a tightly spun yarn – I was a pig in poop from page one! As they say: This story? She's a real sweater-full, with a great pair'a getaway sticks... Watch out for this Adam kid, he's nobody's sap. He's got a sharp nib and a sharper wit. He'd steal your last few hours before you could say 'cat's pajamas', and you'd thank him for it.\" \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e Billy Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e, star of \u003ci\u003eThe Rocketeer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eSeven Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is traditional heroism with a decidedly wicked and iconoclastic twist. Inventive, engaging, bewitching, and delightful, a feast as much for fans of the tropes as for the innocents amongst us.\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eGreg Rucka\u003c\/b\u003e, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAlpha\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Punisher \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBatman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adam Christopher grabbed everyone's attention with his debut novel \u003ci\u003eEmpire State,\u003c\/i\u003e and his follow up \u003ci\u003eSeven Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e will surely please all of his readers who have been waiting breathlessly for more. A smart, entertaining, energetic take on the superhero genre.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Victor Gischler\u003c\/b\u003e, writer of \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeadpool\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A blast of pure pleasure. This is \u003ci\u003eWatchmen \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eNYPD Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, while \u003ci\u003eThe Incredibles\u003c\/i\u003e stroll by; fast-moving action infused with Christopher's infectious love of pulp fiction and the superhero genre.\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003ePhilip Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eVersion 43\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell Ship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArtemis\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eEmpire State\u003c\/i\u003e] revelled in 1930s \u003ci\u003enoir\u003c\/i\u003e movies and pulp fiction. [\u003ci\u003eThe Age Atomic\u003c\/i\u003e] - a worth successor - touches on the Red Menace paranoia of the dawn of the nuclear era but has the same jazzy plotting and anything-goes attitude that made \u003ci\u003eEmpire State\u003c\/i\u003e such an unalloyed pleasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Watkins Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119595864304,"sku":"9780857663153","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857663153_p0.jpg?v=1763758571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857663153","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}