Doctor Impossible—evil genius, diabolical scientist, wannabe world dominator—languishes in a federal detention facility. He’s lost his freedom, his girlfriend, and his hidden island fortress. Over the years he’s tried to take over the world in every way imaginable: doomsday devices of all varieties (nuclear, thermonuclear, nanotechnological) and mass mind control. He’s traveled backwards in time to change history, forward in time to escape it. He’s commanded robot armies, insect armies, and dinosaur armies. Fungus army. Army of fish. Of rodents. Alien invasions. All failures. But not this time. This time it’s going to be different… Fatale is a rookie superhero on her first day with the Champions, the world’s most famous superteam. She’s a patchwork woman of skin and chrome, a gleaming technological marvel built to be the next generation of warfare. Filling the void left by a slain former member, we watch as Fatale joins a team struggling with a damaged past, having to come together in the face of unthinkable evil. Soon I Will Be Invincible is a thrilling first novel; a fantastical adventure that gives new meaning to the notions of power, glory, responsibility, and (of course) good and evil.
Published back in 2007, I’m sad to see there’s been no follow ups or sequels, this story is absolutely fantastic! I spent an entire weekend reading the book, every time I put it down I wanted to get back to it so quickly, it absolutely hit several of my literary interests. Super powers, powerful villains, robots, alternate dimensions, and a TON of misdirection that all gets directed in the perfect way in the third act. If you like comic books and want some longer form fiction, boy howdy is this the book for you.
A fun fact: Austin’s brother Lev is the writer of The Magicians (three book series later adapted into the TV show).
SHeeeeeit, I love that tv series