From Stan Lee, the pop-culture legend behind Marvel's Avengers, Black
Panther, X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and Iron Man, comes a major
publishing event. One of the last creative acts of a master storyteller,
A Trick of Light was first introduced in the best-selling
audiobook Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light. The book features
exclusive content, including bonus chapters and an afterword by
Alliances universe co-creators Luke Lieberman and Ryan Silbert.
Nia, a gifted but desperately lonely hacker, is living in isolation with
her strict single dad. As a social-media maven, she is wildly popular
and has more than a million friends. But they are all strangers who love
her posts but know nothing about her that is real.
Cameron is on a quest for YouTube fame as a vlogger focusing on
exploring the mysteries of Lake Erie. While recording his latest video,
he is knocked out by lightning in a freak storm that appears to defy the
laws of physics. When Cameron awakens, he discovers an astonishing
cyberkinetic talent: the ability to manipulate computers and electronics
with his mind.
After a chance meeting online, the two teenagers--one born with
extraordinary gifts, one unwillingly transformed--join together to right
wrongs in the world. As Nia and Cameron develop their powers and deal
out reckonings, they draw the attention of dangerous forces, putting the
future of the planet at risk.
Set in Stan Lee's Alliances Universe, co-created by Lee, Luke Lieberman,
and Ryan Silbert, and written with Edgar Award-nominated author Kat
Rosenfield, Stan Lee delivers a novel packed with the pulse-pounding,
breakneck adventure and the sheer exuberant invention that have defined
his career as the creative mastermind behind the spectacular Marvel
universe.
"Leave it to Stan Lee to save his very best for last. A Trick of Light
is as heartfelt and emotional as it is original and exciting. What a
movie this one will make."--James Patterson
