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Truth to Power: A Luke Cage Marvel Crime Novel

by S. a. Cosby

A Harlem hero investigates a death in rural Virginia

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A Harlem hero investigates a death in rural Virginia

Luke Cage’s investigation begins with advanced cybernetics found among low-level criminals and leads him to a medical-device factory in Virginia. When the cousin who first scoped out the plant is reported dead in an apparent accident, Cage travels to the town of Majestic to seek answers. The setup brings superhero elements into a crime investigation shaped by local power, prejudice, and a conspiracy that reaches beyond the county. The novel pairs a street-level view of the Marvel Universe with questions about whose account of events is trusted—and who is left vulnerable when technology and power are misused.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Marvel readers interested in Luke Cage outside a team-centered story
  • Readers seeking an adult crime thriller with superhero elements
  • Readers interested in stories involving conspiracy, technology, and prejudice

Themes

Investigation and accountabilityMisuse of technologyPrejudice and local powerVulnerability and protection

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Book overview

Luke Cage plays detective and super hero when he uncovers a conspiracy turning vulnerable Americans into unwitting pawns of a madman.

New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby (King of Ashes) writes an original crime novel starring Harlem's unbreakable hero for the Marvel Crime thriller series for adult readers.


With advanced cybernetics showing up in the possession of low-level criminals, Luke Cage is hired to investigate a factory manufacturing medical devices in rural Virginia. Leaving Jessica Jones during a delicate moment in their relationship, he makes plans to travel south but is devastated to learn that a cousin who scoped out the plant for him has been found dead. The police report states it was an accident. But Luke has long known that official words are just that: words.

Fueled by guilt and vengeance, Luke arrives in Virginia and promises his aunt he'll get to the bottom of things. But danger lurks in every living room, barroom, and country road of Majestic, and the local sheriff's barely concealed prejudices are ready to boil to the surface. Even ordinary people seem to have no qualms about testing their might against the hero from New York City.

As Luke uncovers a conspiracy reaching to the county line and beyond, an persistent evil begins to take hold of the town, leaving Luke to hope that his unbreakable skin will protect him long enough to protect others and bring an end to the hate threatening to engulf the nation.

Truth to Power continues the Marvel Crime series that began with Lisa Jewell's Breaking the Dark and Alex Segura's Enemy of My Enemy. Bringing fans into a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, Marvel Crime novels build on one another but can be enjoyed as stand-alone reads and will thrill even those new to the Marvel Universe.
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