Blurb

Hydra has a synthetic pathogen that will make the entire human race dependent on them for the cure. A.I.M.’s newly developed nanotech compound to enslave humanity is dangerously close to contaminating the world’s water supplies. Ultron is poised on the edge of Singularity, Earth’s technology at his metallic fingertips. Dormammu has a plan to save the world – by claiming it as his own. The High Evolutionary is rewriting the human genome in a bid to turn humankind into a eugenic slave-race.

Everybody wants to rule the world – and only the isolated Avengers can stop them.

Review

This was an audio production version of the Abnett novel, complete with a cast of characters, music and sound effects. I always enjoy having the extra dimension that adds to fiction stories. Not just a voice reading a book.

This Avengers story finds the team all off on their own, fighting different battles alone. The book is mostly a collection of short stories, jumping from Avenger/Villain story to Avenger/Villain story. Only they are all happening at the same time, meaning something larger is at work. Without spoiling too much, the stories only come together at the very end, and even then it falls a little flat. The end felt rushed.

The production on these is always fun. The story was only okay, but at just over six hours of audiobook time (before I listen at 1.5x to cut that down), it was not too much of an investment. Not bad, but also not something I would run to recommend.

3 of 5 stars. I considered 2 stars, but, hey…nerd.