X-Men: Empire's End

by Diane Duane Narrated by Piper Goodeve

Overview

Professor X, the X-Men's founder and mentor, and Shi'ar Empress Lilandra have been forced to love each other from afar—he has to remain on Earth to lead the X-Men, and she must stay with the Shi'ar to run the empire. Now, Lilandra must turn to the X-Men for help against a threat to her domain—and possibly the Earth as well. Shi'ar scientists have learned of a creature that devours galaxies and is heading toward Shi'ar space.

Beset by a panicking people and by several assassination attempts, Lilandra calls upon the X-Men for their assistance, for the galaxy-eater will target Earth next—but the price for stopping the galaxy-eater may be higher than the X-Men expect. They must use a device that increases their powers a thousandfold to drive the creature back, a process that could destroy them—or make them insane with power!

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Although Duane began her writing career with fantasy (The Door Into Fire, etc.), she has also produced some of the most memorable Star Trek books (Spock's World; Dark Mirror), as well as several Spiderman tie-ins (The Venom Factor, etc.). Here, she brings to life Marvel Comics' popular team of mutant superheroes, the X-Men. Professor Charles Xavier, mentor and de facto leader of the X-Men, receives a call for assistance from his true love, Lilandra, empress of far-off Shi'ar. An alien lifeform that "eats" stars is approaching Shi'ar space, and Lilandra asks the X-Men to help stop the creature. Using a Shi'ar device that boosts their mutant abilities to godlike levels, the X-Men must face off with the alien invader and also deal with the lure of wielding their dangerously enhanced powers. Their struggles are further complicated by intrigues rippling through Lilandra's court, for the longer Lilandra avoids taking a consort of her own race and producing an heir, the more tenuous is her power. Duane breathes considerable life into these franchise characters, but the conventions of comic-book plotting and melodramatic dialogue make this novel most suitable for X-Men fans. Line drawings. (Oct.) FYI: The X-Men comics sell 20 million copies a year.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177389721
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	11/19/2019
Series:	X-Men
Edition description:	Unabridged

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