The Fragile Light: A Herotown Novel

By David Nurenberg

Book Summary: Forget "truth, justice, and the American way." The Supers of Mesopolopolis have been relocated into "herotowns" ever since a superhuman terrorist unleashed nuclear devastation. But... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413475779
• ISBN13: 9781413475777
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Good readin'

I picked up this book in Back Pages Books, a little independent bookstore in Waltham, on the recommendation of the proprietor. Good stuff! It's very readable and the world is very interesting. It actually reminded me of a better-written Wild Cards book...

Fans of superheroes will be pleased

I really liked this book. Yeah, there are a couple of small editing snags, but nothing major that interfered with my enjoyment. And I really did enjoy it...the book captures some of that same "larger than life" feeling of classic comic books, with some contemporary fears about big government superimposed atop it. If the author puts out the promised second book, I'll buy it.

Look Deeper

On the surface, sure there are a lot of editing mistakes. But all I care about is the story. The book is very deep content wise. Sure the charachters seem a little stale, but I enjoyed them, especially gayle. I enjoyed reading the book and loved the style David Nurenberg uses. So regardless of all of its mishaps it is still an enjoyable read! I cant wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

Yay!

Mr. Nurenberg was one of my favorite teachers in high school, I love him so much!!! He's a wonderful person! I look forward to reading his book, which he thoughtfully signed for me. : ) ~ Liz P.

Superheroes meet George Orwell

The Fragile Light is a book about superheroes who, because of a terrorist attack 15 years earlier, now have to live in a sort of totalitarian apartheid-type police state. The book focuses on Gayle, aka "Gal Friday", and her misfit team the Friday Knights as they try and gain legitimacy as "real heroes" in a world that wants to treat them as animals. The plot starts out as a detective story but soon becomes a sort of international conspiracy. Fun read. First book in a trilogy, but the author, who self-published is apparently relying on "internet buzz" to spread before he'll try and publish the rest of them.