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| Wolverine: Road of Bones (Wolverine) | 
 enlarge | Author: David Mack
Publisher: Pocket Star
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 551635
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416510699
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781416510697
ASIN: 1416510699
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
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Condition: Publisher's Copy, Remainder Mark on Underside, Never Sold, Never Read, Gift Quality, Immediate Shipment
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Product Description
He has a past shrouded in mystery. A skeleton sheathed in indestructible metal. Unbreakable claws that can cut through almost anything. And a "mutant healing factor" that can mend virtually any wound.His friends call him Logan. The X-Men call him Wolverine. While visiting Japan, Logan is recruited to recover a stolen experimental drug, one that has the potential to be a true miracle cure for all human disease -- or a sadistic means of enslaving the world. With every hour bringing mankind closer to tragedy, Logan embarks on a daring mission to identify the thieves and thwart their terrifying agenda. From the back alleys of Tokyo to the smugglers' coves of Brazil, from the opulent palaces of St. Petersburg to the war-torn villages of Africa, Logan's quest takes him from one deadly setting to the next. But his desperate last stand will test the limits of his abilities -- and his courage -- like never before.
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 a perfect Wolverine novel January 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is that perfect storm of a tie-in novel: If you don't know anything about Marvel Comics, you can still follow this entertaining action thriller. If you've been following the comics for years, you'll get a fine Wolverine adventure that has plenty of the trademarks of the best X-Men comics: action, adventure, snide remarks, and social commentary. This has all the best qualities of a good action movie: tons of exotic locales, a hero to root for, a love interest who holds her own with the hero, incredibly nasty villains, and a world-threatening crisis.
There's nothing in this book not to like. You should go buy it right now and enjoy the perfection.
 A good book May 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I felt that the author of this book was true to Wolverine's character. I loved that action scenes as well as Wolverine's dry sense of humor. I felt that the book was on par with each of the Wolverine comic books. This book could be enjoyed by someone who was and still is a fan of the comics. The book could also be enjoyed by someone who has very little knowledge of Wolverine as well.
 Action filled November 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an entertaining novel, full of action. While there are not many twists to the story, it is a quite enjoyable read. Wolverine fans will like this one. The portrayal of Logan is true to the comics. The story moves at a fast pace and it is a quick read, I finished it on a flight from the East Coast to L.A.
Light read with a heavy premise March 23, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yes, there is action. What would a story about Wolverine be without it? Indeed some of the fight scenes and imagery are not for the faint-hearted.
(I am not squeamish by and large, but a few times even I had to shudder at descriptions of inflicted wounds and the manner of some deaths.)
Not to mention cruelties, collective (raiding parties stealing food from starving villagers) and individual (a villain beating a prostitute in a drunken rage), while not the focus of the piece, serve as testament to the human capacity to knowingly commit cruelties.
Yes, the story moves quickly, despite its 391-page length--I can think of barely a moment where the plot flagged to let a reader catch a breath.
But the real message here is about the profundity of human suffering,
both individually and globally. A woman grieving with the knowledge of her children's inevitable deaths. A people grieving for the lack of respite from suffering. A man grieving over the loss of his truest love. That same man realizing the futility of individual heroism.
What if all illness, all pain could be wiped away with a single injection, a miracle drug--a "Panacea"? What if that same drug killed the healed in three days without a new injection every 24 hours? What would the ethics be of using such a drug? To whom should its use be entrusted?
Apparently, the main villain (no spoilers, don't worry) assumes those with the control should be The Hand. Remember that "cruelty" from earlier? What if the antagonist felt he was only being cruel to be kind?
What if he intended that medicine to be used to bring about world peace, since the playing fields for many conflicts would be leveled?
Who can answer whether that would be a good idea? Who should be given that right?
Yes, on one level this novel can be read as a simple James-Bond-style adventure yarn, on which level it succeeds perhaps beyond even the author's expectations.
But it's even *better* if a reader stops to *think* about what can be done to alleviate suffering. Here. Now. Without the use of some "wonder drug"--without hierarchies or schemes or power differentials.
Don't assume the pessimism in this work has to ring true (for in many respects this is *not* a happy book.)
Don't assume there is nothing to be done.
There is to be done about human suffering what we *choose* to do about it.
Right at the end of the novel I had a very hard time finishing it, being empathetic as I am and feeling as I do acutely the sufferings of the world as a fellowbeing to everyone and everything else. Not to mention that I too have felt the same futility as Logan acknowledges, that same pointlessness, especially in the midst of a depressive phase.
So be warned, a lot of emotional blows will, like three sharp claws, strike *very* close to the heart. I know I will not forget this novel for some time to come.
David Mack on Wolverine = Amazing August 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very well done, from start to finish. You can be a noob to wolverine or be a long time reader of the comics to appreciate this book. I'd Definently like to see Mack write another
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