Just Arrived: “Seven Wonders” by Adam Christopher
Yesterday was one of those days—you know, when you open up your post office box and find a little yellow card inside. But rather than being a stern warning for bad on-the-field behaviour, you take it inside the post office and exchange it for a parcel. And not always, but quite often, the parcel is a book.
Happiness! 🙂
And so it proved to be yesterday. I handed over my little piece of yellow card and the kind lady behind the counter gave me a parcel—and the book therein was Seven Wonders by Adam Christopher.
Those of you are in the know will be aware that Adam Christopher is a Kiwi writer resident in Old Blighty (aka the UK) and his first novel, Empire State has had some rather nice international attention.
So needless to say, and not least because there may be an interview forthcoming, I am really looking forward to reading Seven Wonders—and even more so once I checked out the back cover, which read:
“Fear The Might of… The Cowl!
Tony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling Metropolis of San Ventura – a city gripped in fear, a city under siege by the hooded supervillain, The Cowl.
When Tony develops super-powers and acts to take down The Cowl, however, he finds that the local superhero team Seven Wonders aren’t as grateful as he assumed they’d be…”
Oh wow, I thought, this is a superheroes book.
So I am hoping it will be a fun read, especially as several others writers, such X-Men writer, Victor Gischler, and Seanan Maguire have nice things to say on the back.
And stay posted for that interview. 😉
I liked it a lot. You may have seen my Functional Nerds review of it. 🙂
I look forward to and if you interview Adam.
Am fairly sure I shall be interviewing Adam, so do “watch this space”—& I thought your Functional Nerds interview of the books was very good: here, for readers who are interested.
Seven Wonders is definitely fantastic 🙂 Not my first superheroes novel, that goes to Matt Forbeck’s Brave New World trilogy, but definitely one of the best I’ve read. Love it.
From my sneak preview it does seem like a lot of fun—I am looking forward to the read. 🙂