X-Men: Empire's End

By Diane Duane

Book Overview

The heroes of Marvel Comics's most popular series joined together in the first X-Men hardcover novel!The first X-Men novel is now in its seventh printing with over 100,000 copies in print, and Book 2: Sanctuary was a B. Dalton/Barnes & Noble bestseller. The X-Men comics sell over 20,000,000 copies per year, and the X-Men animated series remains at the top of the Fox Kids Network's Saturday morning lineup.Professor X, the X-Men's founder and mentor, and Shi'ar Empress Lilandra have been forced to love each other from afar. Now, Lilandra must turn to the X-Men for help.Lilandra's position as empress has always been tenuous, and lately there have been several attempts on her life. To make matters worse, Shi'ar scientists have learned of a creature that devours galaxies and is heading toward Shi'ar space. Caught between palace intrigue and the threat to her empire, the empress must get help from the X-Men.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399143343
• ISBN13: 9780399143342
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.1" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Super Reader

Lilandra and the Shi'Ar have a big problem. A creature that eats stars is headed their way, and if does too much damage to the core of the galaxy, good-bye galaxy. This helps stir up political unrest and increase the assassination attempt rate upon the Empress, so she asks Charles for help. The Shi'Ar have a new power amplification technology that will amplify the X-Men's abilities to Silver Surfer type levels for very brief periods of time, so they have a shot at stopping it. Lilandra won't risk the Imperial Guard, because she knows they are loyal, and watching her back, even if large parts of her Council, are not. The problem with this technology is what if you like it too much - they have already had one Dark Phoenix episode. A very cosmic level space opera X-Men story. 3.5 out of 5

One of the best Star Trek writers visits the Marvel Universe

Diane Duane is one of the best Star Trek writers, and here she once again uses her great talent for bringing well known characters to life. I've read and enjoyed all of the Marvel novels, but I would rank Empire's End at the top of the list. I'd also strongly recommend Diane Duane's three Spider-Man books (The Venom Factor, The Lizard Sanction, and The Octopus Agenda), as well as her Star Trek books, especially Doctor's Orders. Diane Duane brings her readers into the minds of her characters, and therefore brings the characters into her reader's hearts.

EXCELLENT

I gave this book 5 stars because it had a well done plot

excellent book

This was an excellent book, filled with suspense and surprising plot twists, and an interesting concept that has the X-Men thirsting for more and more power. However, it was slightly confusing also because of the many scientific explanations and references.