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PHENOMENONS, VOL III: THE WIND AND THE FIRE


Every world needs heroes. And an alternate reality in which society’s been buried under a crushing financial crisis? Such a world needs heroes more than most.
Some may remind us of ancient archetypes we still hold in awe. Others will be utterly fresh and quirky. All, under the expert hands of our caring and experienced writers, will be people (and a couple of animals) we’ll grow to care about.
These are the Phenomenons—vigilantes who haunt the streets, the rooftops, and even the skies, fighting the good fight against the world’s leeches and power brokers—and risking their very human (and not-so-human) lives in the process.

Michael Jan Friedman has created a new universe of super-powered beings, with a great roster of writers contributing stories to his world: Robert Greenberger, Mary Fan, Russ Colchamiro, Hildy Silverman, Glenn Hauman, Aaron Rosenberg, Paul Kupperberg, Heather E Hutsell, Keith DeCandido, Dan Hernandez, Marie Vibbert, Ron Marz—and me!

In Vol. I and II, you’ve met a slew of new, human heroes–Black Hat, the Grey Guardsman, Luminosity, null, Professor Paracelsus, among others–and a few non-humans, too: my very own Darya, a bio-engineered wolf and leader of the pack, and her crew, the feral black cat Layal and Qudamah, a snarky lion tamarin whose opposable thumb comes in pretty handy.

Now, in Phenomenons: The Wind And Fire, we raise the stakes. Our heroes are pressed to confront the threat of the most powerful woman on Earth, whose goal is to eradicate every last costumed hero she can find–with the rest of the world as collateral damage.

What sacrifices will the Phenomenons have to make in their efforts to save their fellow Phenomenons–and in the end, will those sacrifices be enough? 

Now is the time to catch up on the universe:

PHENOMENONS I: EVERY HUMAN CREATURE



PHENOMENONS II: SEASON OF DARKNESS