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[elmasinthetree]

also alex is on the offensive today jesus christ

[arshipweek]

AR Ship Week - The Four Yassen Gregorovichs

This is the third weekly post in the lead up to Alex Rider Ship Week.  Only 2 weeks to go!

This week we’ve got a fantastic guest submission by AFewBulbsShortofaTanningBed, all about the different characterisations of Yassen Gregorovich.

The Four Yassen Gregorovichs by AFewBulbsShortofaTanningBed

presented roughly in the order in which they came to be

Yassen Gregorovich is one of the most important and iconic characters of the Alex Rider series, one half of the fandom’s most popular ship, Yalex, and the catalyst to many of the series’ most important events - Ian’s death and Alex’s introduction to the spy world, as well as Alex’s being sent to Scorpia and learning of his father’s history with them. He is also, indirectly, a cause of the events of Snakehead - Alex decides to work with ASIS and Ash in part because he wants to know more about Yassen.

Thus far, there have been four official interpretations of Yassen: the original books (of which he appears in three: Stormbreaker, Eagle Strike, and Russian Roulette, a Yassen-focused prequel); the 2006 movie, where he is played by a scenery-chewing Damian Lewis; the ongoing tv series, where he is played by a menacing and mysterious Thomas Levin; and the graphic novel adaptations of the books (of which there have been six thus far.) The following is an overview of each Yassen and how each is written in fic/shippiness. Spoilers ahead!

BOOK YASSEN

illustration by inkyquail

Appearance: close-cropped blond/light hair, blue eyes (which as a child look “permanently surprised”), “almost feminine” eyelashes, chiseled lips and a smooth face (what do these mean? Who knows!), appears “in his late twenties”, the body of a dancer” (there are further mentions of a “sleek dancer’s body”), said to be small for his age and shorter than John as an adult.

Scar: long and straight “as if it had been drawn with a ruler” on his neck, acquired on a mission with John Rider as depicted at the beginning of Eagle Strike; easily hidden by collar if plot demands it.

Accent: none, or a faint Russian accent, depending on the book.

First meeting with Alex: on the rooftop of Sayle Enterprises, right after killing Herod Sayle.

There were two small explosive cracks.

Alex looked down, expecting to see blood. There was nothing. He couldn’t feel anything. Then Sayle staggered and fell onto his back. There were two gaping holes in his chest.

The helicopter landed in the center of the cross. The pilot got out.

Still holding the gun that had killed Herod Sayle, he walked over and examined the body, prodding it with his shoe. Satisfied, he nodded to himself, tucking the gun away. He had switched off the engine of the helicopter and behind him the blades slowed down and stopped. Alex stepped forward. The man seemed to notice him for the first time.

“You’re Yassen Gregorovich,” Alex said.

The Russian nodded. It was impossible to tell what was going on in his head. His clear blue eyes gave nothing away.

“Why did you kill him?” Alex asked.

“Those were my instructions.” There was no trace of an accent in his voice. He spoke softly, reasonably. “He had become and embarrassment. It was better this way.”

“Not better for him.”

Yassen shrugged.

“What about me?” Alex asked.

The Russian ran his eyes over Alex, as if weighing him up. “I have no instructions concerning you,” he said.

“You’re not going to shoot me too?”


“Do I have any need to?”

There was a pause. The two of them gazed at each other over the corpse of Herod Sayle.

“You killed Ian Rider,” Alex said. “He was my uncle.”

Yassen shrugged. “I kill a lot of people.”

“One day I’ll kill you.”

“A lot of people have tried.” Yassen smiled. “Believe me,” he said, “it would be better if we didn’t meet again. Go back to school. Go back to your life. And the next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you’re still a child.”

He turned his back on Alex and climbed into the cabin. The blades started up, and a few seconds later, the helicopter rose back into the air. For a moment it hovered at the side of the building. Behind the glass, Yasen raised his hand. A gesture of friendship? A salute? Alex raised his hand. The helicopter spun away.

Alex stood where he was, watching it, until it had disappeared into the dying light.

Other key moments: The Fer-de-lance, Alex’s failed assassination attempt, and subsequent bull-fighting incident (illustrated here by the excellent inkyquail)

There was a slight tremble in the hand holding the gun and he brought his other hand up to steady it.

“You have my gun,” Yassen said.

Alex took a breath.

“Do you intend to use it?”

Nothing.

Yassen continued calmly. “I think you should consider very carefully. Killing a man is not like you see on the television. If you pull that trigger, you will fire a real bullet into real flesh and blood. I will feel nothing; I will be dead instantly. But you will live with what you have done for the rest of your life. You will never forget it.” He paused, letting his words hang in the air. “Do you really have it in you, Alex? Can you make your finger obey you? Can you kill me?” Alex was rigid, a statue… “Maybe you have forgotten what I once told you. This isn’t your life. This has nothing to do with you.” Yassen was totally relaxed. There was no emotion in his voice. He seemed to know Alex better than Alex knew himself. Alex tried to look away, to avoid the calm blue eyes that were watching him with something like pity.

Air Force One and the “I love you” speech

“He saved my life. In a way, I loved him. I love you too, Alex. You are so very much like him. I’m glad you’re here with me now… If you don’t believe me, go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny…”

Russian Roulette - the eponymous book as a whole, particularly his relationship with John (which has given rise to numerous John/Yassen fics)

Backstory: Given to us in Russian Roulette and Snakehead. Yassen grew up as Yasha Gregorovich, a young Russian boy living in a tiny village called Estrov, hundreds of miles south of Moscow. Unbeknownst to him, his parents and many of the villagers work at a factory manufacturing weaponized anthrax, and an accident at the factory leads to the destruction of Estrov and the deaths of everybody there besides Yassen. (It’s very heartbreaking.)

The whump doesn’t stop there for Yassen; he is betrayed by his parents’ friend, lives on the street for a while, and is eventually captured by Vladimir Sharkovsky, a cruel man who forces Yassen to play a game of Russian roulette for his life, and who Yassen eventually learns was responsible for the destruction of Estrov. There isn’t anything Yassen can do about it, though; he is forced work as a slave for Sharkovsky, as both household laborer and food taster who is frequently tormented by Sharkovsky and his son, Ivan. Several years later, a Scorpia assassin is contracted to kill Sharkovsky, and Yassen escapes with him, thereafter brought to Malagosto and trained as an assassin.

Though he excels in many aspects of training, he struggles with taking a life; due to his potential, he is given a second chance, this time under the tutelage of John Rider, an experienced assassin. John isn’t entirely trustworthy, but treats Yassen with more kindness than he has received in years, and saves his life during one of their missions (the scar incident.) He doesn’t think that Yassen is cut out to be an assassin, emphasizing the harshness and loneliness of the life while pointing out that he has lots of potential and can work elsewhere, have a gentler life. Yassen is on the cusp of leaving Scorpia and the world of espionage and murder behind when he learns that John works for MI6; betrayed and devastated, he plays one final game of Russian roulette (with five bullets and one empty chamber) to determine the course of the rest of his life - he doesn’t want to be a killer, but John’s betrayal has convinced him that there is no world in which he lives and can be anything else. Yassen lives, murders Sharkovsky and his son Ivan, and returns to Scorpia, vowing to become the best assassin he can and loyal to nobody but himself to spite John.

Some time after his return, Yassen and John are in Mdina where John is to be extracted by MI6, in what is staged as a capture. However, the mission goes wrong, and Yassen kills many members of the extraction team and stabs John’s best friend, Ash, in the stomach, leaving him with lifelong pain and disability and contributing to his resentment of John and his decision to agree to Scorpia’s offer to work for them and have the Rider family killed with a bomb in their plane.

Important relationships:

Alex Rider (a parallel and foil, he’s responsible for killing Ian Rider, the closest thing Alex had to a parent and his last remaining family member, and for indirectly throwing him into the world of espionage, and later on sending him to Scorpia. Though usually ruthless and unemotional, he becomes emotionally compromised when Alex comes into play.)

John Rider (mentor, saved his life, gave him the training that allowed him to survive. His lessons affected Yassen’s approach to being an assassin - someone with no attachments, no loyalty, no sentimentality. Though he is revealed to be working for MI6, Yassen still feels gratitude and loyalty towards him for the training he gave him and the time he saved his life, and still loves him over a decade after his death. This in turn leads him to spare Alex multiple times despite orders and opportunities to kill him, and to save his life with Sayle.)

Vladimir Sharkovsky (responsible for the destruction of Estrov and deaths everybody Yassen knew and loved and then personally tormented him for years, his treatment of Yassen is often interpreted as haunting him long after he escapes - often in subtle ways)

Fics: Being the original version and the one that has introduced most fans to the fandom, this is the Yassen who is written about most and who has the longest history of fics about him. You can find book!Yassen in some of the earliest fics of the fandom (though this author does not know how to use ff.net or livejournal and at this point doesn’t believe she will ever learn), and he continues to be popular in fics, in whole or in part, today. The way Yassen is written has evolved significantly, influenced by both the release of the movie (which likely led to a number of fics that favored a more sinister Yassen), and Russian Roulette (which gave us his sympathetic and whumpy backstory and likely led to increased interest in Yassen - replacing K Unit as Alex’s most popular adult companion(s).) More than any other adaptation of Yassen, the books portray Yassen and Alex as parallels and foils, emphasized by their similar appearances and histories, as well as matching scars - both have been shot in the chest and along the side of the neck.

BoldAsBrass - Christmas in Chelsea, New Rules, Exit strategy BurntWhisper - Overture in G Minor Suzie_Shooter - Lights Out series Ireliss - alone together fredbassett - Coins in the Fountain (Yassen Gregorovich/Monica Peretti, inspired by the short story The White Carnation)

MOVIE YASSEN

Appearance: Damian Lewis, red hair and all, taller than Alex (Rider and Pettyfer)

Scar: none???

Accent: heavy, Russian

First meeting with Alex: all the nonsense with the vials in the lab

Other key moments: Campy highlights include the assassination at the beginning

and of course, the rooftop scene

Important relationships

Alex (confrontation over vials, saves his life, tells Alex to forget him and shrugs knowingly when Alex says he won’t, possibly arranged for fog machines and violin music for reasons unknown)

???

No relationship with Ian that we know of, aside from killing him in the most iconic way possible

Backstory: who knows!

Fics: The second interpretation of Yassen and the first one we see onscreen, this Yassen has sadly fallen out of fic-writing favor in recent years. As compared with present-day book!Yassen, movie!Yassen is often written as more suave, confident, and sexually forward. He is also very, very Extra. Though fics tend to tone down his more dramatic tendencies, he remains the campiest of the Yassens. I hope for a resurgence in popularity someday.

RimauSuaLay - No Enemies yaseanne - A brief and tentative excursion abrandnewboom - keep you like an oath

TV YASSEN

Appearance: Thomas Levin - brunet, dark eyes, stockier build and perpetual five-o-clock shadow, long and dramatic black coat, shorter than Alex (heh)

Scar: prominent and on the side of his face, somewhat spider-webby, impossible to miss

Accent: nonspecific, non-native accent; American accent skills shown off at one point

First meeting with Alex: the “Alex Friend” scene (can be found here in a gifset by emziess)

Other key moments

Killing Ian Rider

The rooftop at the end of season 1 where he shoots Julius Grief (here)

The time he nearly shot Alex but then didn’t, concealing Alex’s identity, protecting him on Air Force one, telling him about his father (spectacular moments show in this gifset and this one)

Important relationships:

Alex (similar to the above descriptions, he’s saved his life numerous times and has shown a soft spot for him - hopefully to be explored further)

Ian (unlike the books, the encounter between Ian and Yassen at the beginning of season 1 seems to suggest that Yassen has some sort of personal history with Ian, beyond being his murderer. What that history is, we do not know!)

John Rider (not explored yet, but Yassen says that they worked together. Something that will likely be explored in season 3.)

Backstory: in general, a mystery. We get suggestions that he has a history with Ian, a history with John, and that he was thought to be dead for years. These will hopefully be explored further in season 3!

Fics: The biggest changes (aside from physical appearance and tv-specific events) that I have noticed between how tv Yassen is written in fic as compared to book Yassen is the use of the nickname “Yas” and an increased emphasis on his relationship with Ian - and concomitant increase in Ian/Yassen (aka Yian) fics. (As we saw in the post for week 1 of ship week, it is the most popular ship over the past year behind Yalex!) Numerous fics also incorporate elements of both tv and book Yassen, for instance, including both elements of book!Yassen’s backstory from RR and tv!Yassen’s possible history with Ian and encounters with Alex, or blending their appearances (i.e. a Yassen with blond hair, a facial scar, and a black coat.) He is less of a super-assassin than in the books or tv series, with abilities that seem more grounded in reality and closer to those of a normal hitman, and is less prone to dramatics.

fredbassett - I Spy series (starring Yassen/Ian!) Nanimok: i do forgive thy robbery, gentle thief; Spies and Recreation; The Alec Walker series; Just Say I do (featuring a combo of book and tv show, which seems not uncommon) kelkblr - The French Connection

GRAPHIC NOVEL YASSEN

Appearance: at a glance, I thought that his appearance was meant to be similar to Damian Lewis, but with darker red hair (closer to an auburn.) Upon closer inspection, his face is in fact quite different, as is his build. He has blue eyes and pale skin, but doesn’t look particularly feminine, and his eyelashes are not particularly notable. Taller than Alex.

Scar: Only when the artist remembers it’s supposed to be there. Usually no.

Accent: ???

First meeting with Alex: a blend of book and movie (the adaptation of Stormbreaker incorporates elements of both), on rooftop after killing Sayle

Other key moments: Pulls the same dangling-from-a-helicopter nonsense as movie version

and refusing to kill Alex followed by the “I love you” moment from Eagle Strike

Important relationships:

Alex (like the books and movie)

John (similar to the books thus far, though Russian Roulette has not yet been released)

Fics: none :(

Graphic novel Yassen has the distinction of being the most forgotten Yassen, and thus, he has no fics attributed to him, shippy or otherwise. I’m not entirely sure why this is, though I have some theories. It could be in part due to limited availability of the graphic novels, limited publicity, and slow release; that they do not add much of anything that has not already been portrayed in the books or movie, so there is no new material to grab fannish attention; and that they do not provide a visual of a book-accurate Yassen but instead create yet another version that is, unfortunately, not as pretty as the Yassen of the books and thus is not nearly as alluring. Perhaps this ship week, graphic novel Yassen will finally get recognized!

[yoakkemae]

alex's timeline in the novels. // unfinished.

note: will include TRIGGERING CONTENT such as violence, torture, murder, suicide, death, deep water, almost drowning, fire, guns, assassinations, snipers, really graphic and terrible deaths like TERRIBLE DEATHS, etc. if you are triggered by such content, DON’T READ THIS.

book 1: stormbreaker. (takes place from march-april).

alex is notified of his uncle's death. he is informed that ian died of a car accident, killed by the fact that he was speeding and wasn't wearing his seatbelt. alex is suspicious over this story. a few days later, mi6 agents attend ian rider's funeral while pretending to be bankers while other mi6 agents empty out ian's office. alex grows even more suspicious and tries to find ian's car. he finds it at a car junkyard with bullet holes, and when he's about to be caught snooping around, he dives into the car. unfortunately, the car gets picked up and goes into a car crusher, and alex barely manages to escape the car with his life. he knocks out a gunman at the car junkyard and gets away.

the "bank" that his uncle works at asks to meet with him, and alex goes. he meets with his uncle's co-worker, john crawley, and is led past ian's office. he asks to go in there and is refused, and he's left alone in crawley's office. his curiosity drives him to jump out the window of crawley's office (fifteen stories up) and catches himself on the flagpole so that he could jump from it to ian's office's window. in ian's office, he finds files that shows that ian rider was not a banker, and he's tranq'd by crawley and his man.

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

Alex describes her as "dark" in Stormbreaker.

"a dark, rather masculine woman"

I always interpreted that as her being black. Combined with the movie casting and graphic novels, I think that was what Horowitz originally intended. But he's never been one for continuity.

Losing my mind over a minor detail but WHAT is the colour of Mrs Jones skin? I was under the impression she was Black all this fucking time but Nightshade Revenge states 'very pale skin' 😭

Is this another one of Horowitz's inconsistencies or is it just my stupid imagination???

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[joyce-bee]

More pics of this nerd who has my whole heart😭

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A Little About Me

Interests:

Books/Reading

Writing

Mythology/Fantasy

Superheroes

Psychology

Book Genres:

Gay YA Romance, YA Fantasy, YA Dystopian, YA Contemporary, Gay Romance/Erotica, Graphic Novels

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Anime:

All Saints Street, Cells At Work!, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Delicious in Dungeons (Dungeon Meshi), Digimon, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Given, K Project, Kemono Michi: Rise Up, My Hero Academia, One Punch Man, Princess Jellyfish, RWBY, Sailor Moon, Seraph of the End, Seven Deadly Sins, Sirius the Jaeger, Spy x Family, The God of Highschool, The Rising of the Shield Hero, Tiger & Bunny, Yuri on Ice

Books:

Adventures of Sik Aziz, Alex Rider, Arc of a Scythe, Carry On, Chronicles of Nick, Chronicles of the Avatar, Circe, Creekwood Series, Dragon's Reign, Fablehaven, Gentleman's Club, Good Omens, Grishaverse, In Deeper Waters, In the Lives of Puppets, Iron Widow, London Calling, Lord of the Rings, Lorien Legacies, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Master of One, Most Ardently, Outlaw Saints, Pandava Series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Portrait of a Thief, Red Rising, Red White & Royal Blue, Skandar, So This is Ever After, Spell Bound, Teach the Torches to Burn, The Darkness Outside Us, The Extraordinaries, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue, The Heir Chronicles, The Heroes of Olympus, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Kane Chronicles, The Paper Magician, The Scholomance, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, The Seven Realms, The Shattered Realms, The Song of Achilles, The Storm Runner, The Sunbearer Trials, The Trials of Apollo, Tristan Strong, Under the Whispering Door, Zachary Ying

Cartoons:

Adventure Time, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force, Captain Planet, Carmen Sandiego, Code Lyoki, Codename: Kids Next Door, Danny Phantom, Fionna & Cake, Gravity Falls, Infinity Train, Jackie Chan Adventures, Johnny Quest, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, King of the Hill, Krypto the Superdog, Legend of the Dragon, Legion of Superheroes, Loonatics Unleashed, Martin Mystery, Maya and the Three, Milo Murphy's Law, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, My Adventures with Superman, Over the Garden Wall, Owl House, Phineas and Ferb, Q-Force, Scooby-Doo, She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, Teenage Mutant Nunja Turtkesb(2003), Teen Titans, The Dragon Prince, Thundercats, Tiny Toon Adventures, Totally Spies, W.I.T.C.H., Winx Club, Wolverine and the X-Men, X-Men: Evolution, X-Men: The Animated Series, Xiaolin Showdown, Young Justice, Yu-Gi-Oh!

Comics/Graphic Novels:

Check Please, Chef's Kiss, DC, Heartstopper, Kill 6 Billion Demons, Marvel

Movies:

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, Alex Strangelove, Barbie, Charlie's Angels, Disney, Dreamworks, Edge of Tomorrow, Ghibli, Hoot, I Am Number Four, Inception, Legally Blonde, Night at the Museum, Nimona, Pixar, Promare, Sherlock Holmes (2009 & 2011), Love Simon, School of Rock, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Sky High, Star Wars, The Greatest Showman, The Princess Bride, The Way He Looks

Podcasts

Dragon's Reign, Ologies, The Adventure Zone, The Two Princes

TV Shows:

BBC's Merlin BBC's Sherlock, Good Witch, Julie and the Phantoms, I Love Lucy, Leverage ,Leverage: Redemption, Lost Girl, Love Victor, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Monk, Power Rangers, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, SKAM, SKAM: France, Star Trek, Supergirl, The Mandolorian, The Office, Umbrella Academy, Wonder Woman (1976)

Video Games:

Among Us, Coming Out On Top, Cult of the Lamb, Deep Rock Galactic, Dream Daddy, Hades, Hades 2, Human Fall Flat, It Takes Two, Kings of Hell, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Kart, Minecraft, MTG Arena, Orcs Must Die! 2, Overcooked! 1& 2, SCP: Secret Laboratory, Smash Bros., Stardew Valley, Tabletop Simulator, Team Fortress 2, The Sims

Webcomics:

Boyfriends, Just us Fairies, Out of the Blue, The Legend of Genji

Webseries:

Dimension 20, Game Changers, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, SCP Confinement

Music Artists:

Big Time Rush, Clean Bandit, Lindsey Stirling, Little Mix, Miike Snow, Pentatonix, Qveen Herby, Todrick Hall, Years & Years

Superheroes :

Wonder Woman, Blue Beetle, Raven, Shazam, Captain America, Storm, Phoenix, Scarlet Witch, Iceman, Wiccan, Hulkling, Gambit

Favorites:

Boyfriend: NakedJustice

Colors: Black & Purple

Mammal: Bear, Capybara, Meerkat, Wolf

Bird: Crow, Hummingbird, Peacock

Mythological Creature: Phoenix

Season: Fall & Spring

Holiday: Christmas

Candy: Chocolate

Dessert: Cookies and Cake

Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate-Chip

Drink: Cream Soda, Sangria Soda, Horchata

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Updated On: 12/31/2024

[vaschenko-chao]

@hightensileyoyo if there's any particular scenes from the stormbreaker to ark angel graphic novels except for scorpia (i don't have that one) that you'd like to see, feel free to dm me and I can send you photos!

👥️ - who are two characters that never got to interact that you would like to see talk to each other?

❗️ - what was a moment you didn't see coming?

-hightensileyoyo

Thank you for the ask! 🥰

👥 Alex and Ian or Alex and John (not possible but still). I just would like to see more of Alex's interactions with his family.

❗Julius at Brookland at the end of Point Blanc:

[jedinightsister]

Conversation between Alex and Yassen from Stormbreaker graphic novel

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We’ve loved celebrating Pride Month with you this June! 

But just because the month is coming to an end doesn’t mean that the celebrations have to stop. (It’s also worth noting that we celebrate Pride in June because our organization is based in the U.S., but many other countries’ Pride celebrations occur in other months.) 

We’ve compiled this (incomplete) list of authors we’ve partnered with—including NaNo Coaches, Camp Counselors, and Pep Talkers—who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community and/or feature LGBTQ+ characters in their novels. If you’d like to support these authors, buy a copy of their latest book (or check out the e-book from your library). Links to the authors’ websites below.

We’re also supporting the LGBTQ+ authors in the NaNoWriMo community year-round with a brand new private forum group specifically for LGBTQ+ writers!

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Graphic with a background of rainbow paint titled, “NaNoWriMo Celebrates Pride Month: Check out the latest books by authors we’ve partnered with!”

Adib Khorram —Darius the Great Deserves Better, coming out August 25, 2020

Alex Gino — Rick, 2020

Alexander Chee — How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, 2018

Alyssa Cole — Once Ghosted, Twice Shy: A Reluctant Royals Novella, 2019

Amanda Lovelace — The Mermaid’s Voice Returns in This One, 2019

Amy Spalding — We Used to Be Friends, 2020

Carolina de Robertis — Cantoras, 2019

Dhonielle Clayton — The Everlasting Rose, 2019

Julie Murphy — Faith: Taking Flight, coming out July 7, 2020

K. Ancrum — The Weight of the Stars, 2019

Malinda Lo — A Line in the Dark, 2017

Marieke Nijkamp — Even If We Break, 2020

Natalie C. Parker — Stormbreak, coming out November 10, 2020

Nita Tyndall — Who I Was With Her, coming out September 15, 2020

Patrice Caldwell — A Phoenix First Must Burn, 2020

Rachael Herron — Stolen Things, 2019

Roxane Gay — The Sacrifice of Darkness, coming out October 27, 2020

Steven dos Santos — The Raising, 2016

V. E. Schwab — Tunnel of Bones, 2019

Background graphic photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash.

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Spring into new eBooks and eAudiobooks recently added to the library's collection in Libby. Check them out, see below! https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/ Adult eBooks: - 22 Seconds by James Patterson - Beautiful by Danielle Steel - The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn - Dream Town by David Baldacci - A Family Affair by Robyn Carr - The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani - Kingdom of Bones: Sigma Force Series, Book 16 by James Rollins - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - Never a Duke by Grace Burrowes - The Riviera House by Natasha Lester - Summer on the Island by Brenda Novak - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah Adult eAudiobooks: - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict YA eBooks: - Family of Liars by E. Lockhart - Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older - Heartstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman - Heartstopper, Volume 2 by Alice Oseman YA eAudio: - Family of Liars by E. Lockhart Juvenile eBook: - Stormbreaker, Alex Rider #1 by Anthony Horowitz - Everblaze, Keeper of the Lost Cities #3 by Shannon Messenger - The Throne of Fire: The Graphic Novel, The Kane Chronicles #2 by Rick Riordan Juvenile eAudio: - The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities by Rick Riordan https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYeBGLA_ot/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Alex Rider The Graphic Novel Collection 6 Books Box Set by Anthony Horowitz (Stormbreaker, Point Blanc, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia & Ark Angel)

Alex Rider The Graphic Novel Collection 6 Books Box Set by Anthony Horowitz (Stormbreaker, Point Blanc, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia & Ark Angel)

Price: (as of – Details) Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: Alex Rider The Graphic Novel Collection 6 Books Box Set by Anthony Horowitz: Stormbreaker The Graphic Novel: Forcibly recruited into MI6 after the mysterious death of his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex is sent to infiltrate the…

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Bonus Yassen because he’s my favorite and I’d kill for him even though he’s more than capable of killing period😍😂

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There was so much see at SDCC!  We thought we’d take you on a little tour the popular attractions of the SDCC 2019 exhibit hall floor. Before we get started, here’s a map to help you visualize our tour:

We’ll start from the entrance at Hall D, taking a right at the Hasbro booth and making our way along the exhibit hall. We’ll end up at the booth of our friends from the Cartoon Art Museum, because if we didn’t stop somewhere this post would go waaay longer!

So, starting at the Hasbro booth, we were instantly mesmerized by their giant-sized transformer on display: Unicron. If you’re not familiar, Unicron is a planet-eating transformer first introduced in the 1986 animated Transformers movie. Childhood Skkaw was drooling for this guy. Where were you when I was a wee Skkawling! But adult me was doing the math and couldn’t quite find a place for it in my apartment.  Still, this toy was a sight to behold. If you are interested in this moon-sized behemoth, you can pre-order it from Hasbro Pulse here.

Next up, the Star Wars display.  This year they had the different Stormtrooper costumes, including the newly announced Red Sith Trooper that will make its debut in the upcoming Star Wars movie Rise of the Skywalker. I have to say this got us all hyped up for what’s going to be the last installment of the Skywalker Saga.

And there was a similar theme at the LEGO Booth. For starters, they had a life-sized LEGO Sith Trooper that reportedly took 250 hours to make.  Additionally, they also had an Avengers Endgame Iron Man took which took 5 hours longer or 255 hours to make. Now that’s some LEGO builder dedication right there!

At the Marvel booth, they had some costumes and props from the Avengers Endgame and Captain Marvel movies.  We were impressed with Stormbreaker, the broken Iron Man mask and STARK ARC reactor on display.  But what was most impressive was the broken Captain America shield, e.g., we’re guessing from Captain America: Civil War.

Another thing that we enjoyed was the Sideshow booth.  If you’re not familiar, Sideshow sells very detailed pop-culture figures and collectibles.  At their booth, what we were most drawn to was the Avengers Endgame figures. It was like they took these straight out of the movie! Check them out below.

Lastly, just beside the Sideshow booth was the Cartoon Art Museum (CAM). If you’re not familiar with them, CAM is a museum dedicated to comic strips, comic books, anime, political cartoons, graphic novels, and underground comix.  It’s located along San Francisco’s historic Fisherman’s Wharf.  They had a booth at SDCC and it was great to catch-up with our friends at the CAM there.

So there you have it!  We hope you enjoyed our visual tour of some of the popular attractions along SDCC exhibit hall. We hope you enjoyed this online tour and perhaps we’ll catch you all at SDCC next year.

Also, do you have any cool SDCC Exhibit Hall stories to share?  Heard about something on display this year and want us to feature it?  Hit us up on the comments section below,  we’d love to hear from you.

Until the next con!

  We had so much fun at #SDCC2019 we thought we take you on visual tour of the popular #SDCC show floor attractions.. Enjoy! #tours #Comiccon @comiccon #Hasbro #StarWars #Marvel #Sideshow #Transformers #SithTrooper #Endgame There was so much see at SDCC!  We thought we'd take you on a little tour the popular attractions of the SDCC 2019 exhibit hall floor.

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Imperium #14

Writer - Joshua Dysart

Art - Khari Evans

Cover - Guiseppe Camuncoli with Ulises Arreola

“Stormbreak” Part 2

No sooner do the Apex HARD Corps team survive an assault on one of Harada's satellites, they then are on the move after some high-tech equipment on the way to the Foundation Zone.  Can they stop the convoy of ships before this equipment give Harada the advantage he needs?

Action, action, and more action in this page-turner!  As this series builds to its climax, the stakes seem higher than ever and HARD Corps, along with the help of Livewire, is pushed to the limit.  This is the A-Team they're putting into the field in an almost last-ditch attempt to stop Harada.  While I like this team, Harada's team is definitely more developed as characters and the reader is much more invested in them even if they're not really the good guys.  This is one of the best "villain-oriented" series I've ever read.  The characters are well-rounded, real, and you genuinely have an interest in them.  You may not like them, but you certainly are interested in what they do and what happens to them.  Heck, sometimes I find myself rooting for them to die, but at least I feel something about them.  Dysart does a great job at building this feeling.

A good chapter, but I'm sure this reads much better as a graphic novel.