Stan Lee's The Devil's Quintet: The Armageddon Code
A Novel
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3.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Legendary Marvel mastermind Stan Lee joins forces with New York Times bestselling author Jay Bonansinga to unleash a pulse-pounding new superhero thriller series.
In Stan Lee's The Devil's Quintet: The Armageddon Code, a diverse team of former Navy SEALS on a special ops mission in the Caucasus Mountains faces a terrifying choice when their assignment goes horribly wrong. With death and torture imminent, the Devil himself offers them a Faustian bargain—unearthly powers to send evildoers to Hell on his behalf.
Now, "The Devil's Quintet" must learn to wield their infernal new abilities while fighting to protect the world and resist the corrupting nature of their gifts. Battling terrorists and their own inner demons, these unlikely heroes will forge their own path to justice, damnation be damned.
Seamlessly blending military action, supernatural thrills, and the brilliant imagination of an icon, Bonansinga and Lee deliver a riveting story of power and redemption in this explosive series debut.
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At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A Special Ops unit on a secret mission in the fictional Karakistan runs into Satan and acquires superpowers in this kitschy, blood-and-thunder pulp adventure from comics legend Stan Lee (1922–2018) and Bonansinga (Self Storage). Paul "Spur" Candell leads a diverse, five-member team with a reputation for getting the job done, no matter what. But a betrayal on a mission brings them face-to-face with the devil, who offers them a choice: die, or become his infernal agents of evil, and each of them will be imbued with a unique unearthly power. Caught short, the team agrees, but once the devil's out of sight, they plot to rebel against his wishes, using their new abilities to fight evil instead of causing it. Conveniently, the Scarlet Order, a secret, ancient band of priests spun off from the Knights Templar, arrives to back the newly minted superhero team—complete with a vast armory and a prophecy about the future of the five heroes, who've named themselves "The Devil's Quintet." While some readers are bound to be disappointed by the thinly drawn characters and plot, action fans will rejoice at this adrenaline-charged series opener, which delivers enough violence and gore for multiple R-rated Hollywood blockbusters. It may be one-dimensional, but it's still fun.
