A Trick Of Light: Stan Lee's Alliances

By Stan Lee, Kat Rosenfield and Luke Lieberman

From Stan Lee, the pop culture legend behind Marvel’s The Avengers™, Black Panther™, X-Men™, Spider-Man™, The Fantastic Four™, and Iron Man™, comes a major literary event featuring two heroic teenagers—one born with extraordinary gifts, one unwillingly transformed. Together they can change the world . . . or put it in the destructive hands of a danger beyond imagination.
 
Set in Stan Lee’s Alliances Universe, co-created by Lee, Luke Lieberman, and Ryan Silbert, and along with Edgar Award–nominated co-writer 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 Marvel’s spectacular 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
 
“For lovers of Stan Lee this is nothing short of a publishing event! (And, honestly, who the hell doesn’t love Stan Lee?) Beguiling, cinematic, operatic, A Trick of Light is a bracing espresso first thing in the morning and the thrum of a familiar love deep at night.”—Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan and Lake Success

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9780358117643

Stan Lee

STAN LEE was a successful writer and editor for nearly eighty years. Lee was known to the world as the man whose superheroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the entertainment industry. His co-creations included Spider-Man™, The Avengers™, Black Panther™, X-Men™, Iron Man™, The Incredible Hulk™, The Fantastic Four™, and hundreds of others. Lee continued to serve as Marvel Entertainment’s Chairman Emeritus until his death in 2018.

Reviews for A Trick Of Light

[darthdeverell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In Stan Lee’s A Trick of Light, Kat Rosenfield brings to life the first installment of Lee’s final project, the Alliances Universe. The story takes place sometime in the not-too-distant future with technology only slightly more advanced than our own. In that world, Cameron Ackerman desires to become internet famous by discovering the cause of mysterious storms on Lake Erie. While sailing into one such storm, lightning strikes and grants him the ability to telepathically link with and control electronics. While exploring the limits of his powers online, he meets Nia, someone who can match his abilities in the virtual world. Together, they begin taking on those who use the internet to stir up hate. Meanwhile, Nia’s father keeps her locked away. Their activities in the real world and online put both in danger. Lee developed this project with Luke Lieberman and Ryan Silbert and it originally appeared as an Audible original. Rosenfield’s novel dramatizes those events in a way that works as a standalone book while also promising more to come. A fun, modern superhero origin story that will appeal to Lee’s fans.

[sublunarie · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I hated the characters. I hated the world building. I hated the plot. I hated the writing style.I liked the technology, I guess?