New Avengers: Breakout Novel Excerpt at Heroes and Heartbreakers

[thrace-adama.livejournal.com]

Hey, guys, just a heads-up that the romance site Heroes and Heartbreakers has an excerpt of the first two chapters of Alisa Kwitney's New Avengers: Breakout prose novel, which has a Clint/Natasha focus and seems to be a blend of comics!Avengers and movie!Avengers.

Here's the cover blurb:
Fantasy/romantic fiction/comics author Alisa Kwitney (A Flight of Angels, Moonburn) reveals the secret backstory of Avengers couple Hawkeye and the Black Widow. Under secret orders to assassinate the Widow, the rough-edged marksman finds himself caught up in a violent prison break that releases some of the world's most vicious and powerful criminals. Defying his superiors, Hawkeye joins forces with the sultry Russian spy—and with a mismatched group of personalities that include Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, Captain America and Iron Man. Unexpected betrayals and shocking revelations will lead the team from Manhattan's top security Raft prison to the untamed jungle of the Savage Land in dramatically different take on Brian Michael Bendis' blockbuster Avengers comics debut. Learn the sizzling backstory of your favorite big-screen heroes in this adaptation, inspired by the best of page and screen!

Read the excerpt here.

Comments

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Dude... I kind of love this.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Oh. I just skimmed but what I read sounds really promising!

[crazy4orcas.livejournal.com]

I have mine pre-ordered.

So far, it sounds pretty good!

[book-junkie007.livejournal.com]

I want it. I hope I can find it in stores when it's released.

[(Anonymous)]

Getting paid to write fan fiction. My dream!!! And you're right, it looks kinda good ...

Maybe if we all buy it Joss will turn it into a movie??

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

Oops. I just left a comment, then realized I hadn't logged in (doing this from work at lunch ...) So, the one about paid fan fiction and Joss Whedon, that was me (redfaced).

ETA: comment was screened -- so in case it doesn't show up, I remarked on how being paid to write fan fiction is a dream come true, and maybe if we all bought the book Joss Whedon might turn it into a movie... A girl can dream, right?

[astridv.livejournal.com]

I'm torn whether it would be the best job ever or whether it would kill my love of a show. It probably depends on the source - some tie-ins jobs come with a heap of restrictions so that the writer's hands are totally tied (with the unsurprisingly uninspired results). But I've read some that were brilliantly creative, especially in Star Trek.

I went 'yikes' when I saw the price of this one... almost 20 Euro here, but I don't think I'll have the patience to wait for a softcover edition, or even for reviews.

[purely-distel.livejournal.com]

A bit silly how much I'm looking forward to this. YAY! *grins*