Crimson Son
By Russ Linton
Genre: Superhero Fiction/ Fantasy/ SciFi
His mother kidnapped, his superhero father absent, powerless
Spencer Harrington faces a world of weaponized humans to prove himself and find
the truth.
Nineteen-year-old Spencer is the son of the Crimson Mask,
the world's most powerful Augment. Since witnessing his mother's abduction by a
psychotic super villain two years ago, he's been confined to his father's
arctic bunker. When the "Icehole" comes under attack from a rampaging
robot, Spencer launches into his father's dangerous world of weaponized human
beings known as Augments.
With no superpowers of his own save a multi-tool, a quick
wit and a boatload of emotional trauma, Spencer seeks to uncover his mother's
fate and confront his absentee superhero father. As he stumbles through a web
of conspiracies and top secret facilities, he rallies a team of everyday people
and cast-off Augments. But Spencer soon discovers that the Black Beetle isn't
his only enemy, nor his worst.
My Review
Crimson Son is a novel about a boy named Spencer whose
father is a powerful Augment, well known as the Crimson Mask. His mother was
kidnapped two years ago, and his father is overprotective and absent in
Spencer’s daily life. Spencer wasn’t born with the ‘powers’ his father was
gifted with, but on a search for his now missing father, Spencer goes on a
crazy adventure full of secrets, surprises, and even some explosions.
Crimson Son was an amazing read. As I was reading Crimson
Son, I could not put down the book. I read over half of it in just one sitting.
Spencer was a pretty cool character, and I had fun reading his adventures. The
“ Black Beetle,” although he is a supervillian, was an interesting character, I
loved the prospective change every other chapter. Russ Linton did an excellent
I would definitely read the Crimson Son again.
Author Bio
In the fourth grade, Russ Linton wrote down the vague goal
of becoming a “writer and an artist” when he grew up. After a journey that led
him from philosopher to graphic designer to stay at home parent and even a
stint as an Investigative Specialist with the FBI, he finally got around to
that “writing” part which he now pursues full time.
Russ creates character-driven speculative fiction. His
stories drip with blood, magic, and radioactive bugs. He writes for adults who
are young at heart and youngsters who are old souls.
Social Media:
Website - www.russlinton.com
Facebook - facebook.com/RussLinton
Twitter - twitter.com/Russ_Linton
Purchase Links:
Amazon
Amazon UK
Barnes and Noble
Thank you for the review! I'm at World Fantasy Con in D.C. this week, but this beats all the excitement here. Re-read my book? Wow. I'm not a big re-reader myself, even for books I really enjoy, but knowing someone would willingly subject themselves to Spencer again amazes me. :)
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