Cobalt Blue

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Upon the probe's landing in the Arctic, an American science team and a Russian special forces unit were sent to retrieve its samples. It’s well written and action-packed to say the least, with spectacular battle scenes that could do well on the big screen as it’s pretty much a superhero movie script turned into a novella. The story grabs you from the very beginning and takes on an emotional journey of fear, great sadness but with joy tinged with ‘what happens next”. Matthew's books are published in over twenty languages and have sold more than eight million copies worldwide. This created a Cold War kind of peace between the two global superpowers, as they each had their own superhero to keep the other in check.

With ‘Cobalt’ gone, the only thing standing in Russia’s way is her legacy: seven children, each possessing a fraction of her powers. BUT, it was written to be a screenplay, between him releasing his last novel and working on his movie. Publication Date 02 August 2022
Publisher Macmillan Australia
Thank you Macmillan Australia for a copy of the book. Cassie watches this unfold, and as The Fury reaches each new ‘Cobalt’, we get to see a new portion of her memory telling us about the characters.Cassie checks on Trey and Gary, and then has the latter livestream on his social networks so that Cassie can declare the Fury's death and reveal herself to the world as Cobalt Blue. Not just stupid, but actual terrible writing that I can’t believe got past the multiple steps of editing. While the other three argued about the previous incidents, the Fury eventually spoke up and asked to speak to Cobalt alone. The amount of sexual violence - both real and threatened- in this book (which is really a novella) is extremely off-putting.

In the post-novel interview, Reilly revealed that he had begun writing Cobalt Blue as a screenplay, before expanding the story into the current, novel version.Luring them inside, Cassie manages to trick Leningrad into stepping into a vat of supercooled nitrogen, trapping him and allowing Cassie to fire an electromagnetic rail gun at the Fury's son, killing him. The antagonist is the literal embodiment of a dumb, yesteryear macho man with repressive ideologies towards anything progressive. In the end, there is a short interview with the author where he claims this novella was initially a movie script.

After they had awoken, both found that they had developed superhuman powers, such as enhanced strength, senses and even the ability to fly. As these children grew up, it became clear that all of these offspring had only half of the strength of their respective superhuman parents.

At the surface of the Groom Lake Complex, the Fury meets Black, who gives him two options, join forces and let Black rule America, or he can just kill him. Ever since an experimental space mission bestowed extraordinary powers on two individuals – a Russian military commander and an American scientist – the two nations have been locked in an uneasy truce. When the Fury lands before the cathedral, Silvia offers no resistance, instead warning that there is someone who can stop his rampage. Yet in spite of their great abilities, both continued to age as normal humans do, and Cobalt, already older than the Fury by two decades, eventually passes away at age 79. The Fury is curious as to how Black intends to kill him, and while confident when confirming he can withstand a nuclear blast, he is less certain when Black questions if he can survive 10 such blasts.

A year earlier, Cassie and her parents were invited by Black to his lab, wanting to discuss plans to handle the Fury when Cobalt inevitably dies. While their skills and speed initially allow them to outpace the bigger and bulkier Fury, sadly it isn't enough, and soon Purple has his face punched in and White her neck broken before being stabbed through with a traffic pole. Cassie refuses and questions why he came at all; Black forlornly notes that she is one of the few people he feels he can have a relatively equal conversation with before departing.Every character in the book is either a caricature or a cardboard cutout, with two egregious examples of absolutely terrible character writing. C’MON), but it was so cringe and flat that even if you’re not a fan of Marvel/DC, you’d think they’re masterpieces compared to this.