I just couldn’t get into this title - apologies! It seemed to start mid-action and I couldn’t get what was happening clear. I may well return to to it yet.

I am an avid fan of Comic books and reading this were as if I were watching a new Marvel movie, Drax as always made me laugh and the chapters from the point of view of Ms Marvel was critical to the understanding of characters from a more varied viewpoint as she is a young, Islamic girl you can see how she has felt othered slightly and this allows her to understand the Kree who seek refuge on the planet. It is not marvel without action and despite this being literary and not visual you still feel the intense atmosphere of the fight and remain on the end of your seat from the beginning of the book.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from #netgalley, thank you. Any opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

After the Guardians of the Galaxy watch a Kree planet and most of its inhabitants die, they follow the survivors to Earth, convinced one of them was the cause. Meanwhile, Ms Marvel befriends a young Kree refugee who is convinced Tony Stark is to blame for the harsh treatment of his people.

I’m a fan of all of these Marvel heroes, so I enjoyed the interactions and conflicts. The story was exciting and a fun mystery. And the characters were well-developed, for those already familiar with the comics and newer fans as well. This fast-paced novel was a fantastic adventure with plenty of action and heart.

I can't get enough of these marvel proses. They are just amazing action packed, fast paced, page turning novels.
I always struggled with reading comics as I'm dyslexic. Now these prose are available im over the moon and this one not only brings the avengers together but also the guardians of the galaxy , who doesn't love rocket and groot. I am groot. When I was reading these book it was like a full blown movie going on in my mind. This book could easily be made into a film it was that good.
With each book I read im starting to understand the background or each character more and more.
There is so much excitement packed into this novel. With so many unexpected events happening in this book you can't even imagine being about to predict the ending. So much praise for the author and his publishers Aconyte for producing this brilliant book.
I just can't wait to read more marvel proses. I'm determined to read every one of them !

I love three things. The Marvel universe. Cameos. Badass heroines. This book has all three. I loved Kamala and her story and the way she is this young, strong heroine who believes in herself so strongly. I loved each cameo in this story. I was expecting more of a origin story for Kamala and I was surprised when it was about much more. Guardians of the Galaxy as some of our MC with Iron Man, and She Hulk... give me more!

The Guardians of the Galaxy come to Earth looking for a planet killer. Then the Avengers arrive once the Guardians go off half-cocked starting a 100 page fight between the two groups. This has some fun moments. I wasn't a fan of how the villain was portrayed operating behind the scenes. The plan was way too subtle for the individual involved. Anyone who knows their Marvel history will figure out who it is once a certain character appears.

Having Stuart Moore write the book was a smart idea. He's been a comic book editor at Vertigo and Marvel along with writing comics and novels before. Overall, this was a solid read.

I have been provided with an advance copy of the new Marvel Crisis Protocol book Target Kree by Stuart Moore, published by Aconyte Books, so here is the honest review I promised in exchange for the book.

So here is an important disclaimer which is always important to put out there first. I have a casual work contact with Asmodee to demonstrate board games for them in stores and at conventions. Asmodee being the parent company of Aconyte the publisher.

I am going to try my best to not let this cloud my judgement in this review, but I accept that subconsciously it might.

What is Marvel
Look at this point I would bore you with a bit of background to the game/universe, but lets not, you all know the Marvel Universe, if you don’t have you been living under a rock!

Marvel Crisis Protocol is a tabletop skirmish miniatures game from Atomic Mass Games based on the Marvel comic characters, with its starter set conations five of the Avengers (Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Black Widow) and five of the Kabel (Barron Zemo, Red Skull, Crossbones, Doctor Octopus and Ultron).

I own the core set and its well worth investing into, if you fancy it you can purchase it from my Element Games affiliate link!

The Story
The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy team up in a search for a planet killer amongst a group of Kree refugees on earth working for Tony Stark.

The story starts with the Guardians of the Galaxy trying to save which is in the middle of being destroyed, but they sadly fail and lose a beloved member in the process.

The story then picks up on earth six months later as the Guardians hunt down the planet killer and Tony Stark (Iron Man) faces the wrath of Jennifer Walters (She Hulk) and Kamala Khan (Ms Marvel) over the conditions of the refugees from the planet, but of course the Guardians crash the party and chaos ensues.

You know what there isn’t much to talk about in regards to the plot, its very simply and as it develops you end up with a huge number of Marvel characters making an appearance, most included in Crisis Protocol, but at least two who are not.

Conclusion
This is a hard book to review, on the one hand, it’s filled with lots of fun and some cool interesting fight sequences.

But there is way too much fighting and not enough stories, especially when you are cramming so many characters into the book.

At points it’s felt like they were just throwing in extra characters for the sake of it, I mean there is a scene with Black Panther that goes nowhere and serves no purpose other than to have Black Panther in the book.

The characters all want the same thing but they are too busy fighting each other to figure that out, and that’s not exactly in keeping with the characters.

The book starts off great, the first part is fantastic, but honestly, I think this would have been better as a comic rather than a prose book.

But then again it is promoting a skirmish combat game.

It’s a 3 1/2 stars from me, and had it just had a bit more dialogue and story in it, it could have really been a lot better. That’s not to say its bad, its actually quite fun, but it wasn’t quite what I was hoping it would be.

But if all you want is literally a fun beat-em-up story, give this a go as it is rather entertaining.

The eBook is released this Friday the 6th July and the paperback hits the shelves on the 2nd September.

A Crisis Protocol novel

I received an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

When the Guardians of the Galaxy help evacuate a planet in the process of self-destruction, Gamora encounters the entity responsible and tracks it to Earth, where the Kree refugees from that planet are employed by Stark Enterprises in less-than-adequate conditions. Gamora’s pursuit of the entity brings the Guardians into conflict with the Avengers as Tony Stark reels after finding out about the Kree’s shabby treatment.

There are several POV characters in this book, and the author does a great job handling them all. I particularly love books with a ton of crossover characters, and Target: Kree does not disappoint. It has cover-to-cover action that never gets dull. I gave Target:Kree five stars. I have read several of the Marvel prose novels from Aconyte Books, and this was my favorite one yet.

The guardians of the Galaxy are drawn in as a mysterious force wipes out the planet the kree call home. Who is this mysterious person you have to read to find out as the guardians and the avengers try to save humanity as well as the refugee kree's. Little does everyone know that everything that happens is all part of a bigger plan. The story was well written I liked the weave the writer used to keep the reader wanting to continue reading.

The Marvel: Crisis Protocol miniature game gets its first novelisation from Aconyte Books this week as the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy end up embroiled in a plot that has already seen the destruction of an alien world, and might now see Earth lost too.

The action begins on a distant Kree planet, where thousands of inhabitants are trying desperately got get aboard a handful of vessels as the planet is torn apart under them. Trying to manage the mad dash to the limited escape vessels, the Guardians of the Galaxy are doing what they can for the people; though it soon becomes clear that they're not going to be able to save everyone. Trying to find out why this is happening, Gamora manages to see a lone figure inside the centre of the energy that's tearing the planet apart, indicating that this isn't a natural disaster, but the actions of an outside party. Sadly, the Guardians are unable to stop the planet's destruction and tens of thousands are lost; including one of their own.

Several months later, one of the ships that was able to flee the destruction has managed to find a new home for it's people on Earth, where Tony Stark has agreed to provide them with housing and support in exchange for giving them jobs inside his company. However, things don't seem to be as good as the Kree hoped, and thanks to someone below Stark taking control of the project the refugees have become little more than slaves, living in squalid conditions, and forced to work themselves to exhaustion.

This information has barely been brought to Tony's attention by the Kree's lawyer, Jennifer Walters, also known as She-Hulk, when the Guardians turn up on the scene. They're convinced that the planet killer is amongst the Kree trying to build a new life on Earth, and have set their sights on getting revenge for their former team-mate.

Now Tony and a handful of his fellow Avengers have to stop the Guardians from possibly attacking an innocent person; but it soon becomes clear that there might be more going on than anyone suspects, and that a planet killer might be under their noses, just waiting to destroy Earth too.

Sometimes when comic book characters make the leap to other mediums they end up in the hands of people who don't really understand what it is that makes comics work, and you end up with stories that feel too far removed from their source material. Luckily, this book manages to avoid that by actually getting a comic book writer to take on the challenge.

Stuart Moore is a name that some comics readers might recognise, as he's written several big name titles at Marvel over the years; including Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Wolverine: Blood Sorrow, and Thanos: Death Sentence. This isn't Moore's first foray into bringing comic characters to prose, however, as he's also created several prose novels over the years that both adapt existing comic stories as well as ones that are completely new creations.

Moore is one of those rare authors who just seems to completely understand what makes comics work, and knows how to transplant them into a new medium without losing any of that magic. Because of this Target: Kree flows extremely well, and whilst there is plenty of action and spectacle mixed in with character moments and story beats, the two are never fighting against each other for centre stage. Just like with comics, it's managed to find this wonderful balance where you can come for the characters, to see what happens to them and their stories, but also enjoy some over the top, epic fight scenes that leave you feeling awed.

The book really manages to capture the essence of a lot of these characters too, and you can tell Moore knows them well. Everyone has a very distinct voice, and feels really different from each other; which is no easy feat considering how many established characters actually end up featuring in the book once everything's said and done. Some of the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy are particularly stand-out, with both Rocket Raccoon and Drax being a ton of fun to read whenever they're on the page. But if I were to pick one character who really stands out it's Ms Marvel.

Ms Marvel is the one character in the book that I'm the least familiar with, and I've not read as much of her stuff as I have the other characters. That being said, I found that I got to know her pretty quickly, and soon came to like who she was. Moore managed to make her feel young and hopeful, filled with worry about if she's good enough to be a hero, let alone an Avenger, yet also determined to help out and try to make the world a better place. She had an energy to her that I think was sometimes lacking from the older, more world weary characters; and if I have one real criticism of the book it's that we didn't spend enough time with her, because she was just delightful.

Aconyte Books have published some other Marvel books, most of which focus on a small handful of characters at most, and even then they'll still put the main attention on one character in particular. But this is the first of their Marvel novels that really showcases a big cast of characters, where everyone gets a moment to shine and the story isn't afraid to jump around as it shows us what everyone's up to. And it really works. It shows that novels are goof for telling focused, character driven stories, but also big bombastic stories where scores of heroes are having to fight to save the entire planet.

One of the most exciting parts of the entire book, however, is the end, because it seems to be setting up for more exciting things to come. One of our heroes from this book is being recruited by a new band of iconic characters to go on and fight a particularly menacing foe; and I really hope that this is setting up for a follow-up because I really need the book that seems to be promising.

If you love superheroes getting in fights with each other, if you like bug team ups against powerful foes, if you like stories where the stakes are the entire planet, and if you're a fan of comics this is the kind of novel that will appeal to you. It throws so much at the reader that you're constantly on your toes, excited to find out what's going to happen next, or eager to see which hero might appear at the last minute to help save the day. A ton of fun that every geek is sure to love.

I LOVED this—it was such a fun and honestly refreshing read.

This read as if I were watching a Marvel movie. The action was great and pretty constant, and I loved reading about all of the interactions between my favorite characters. It was exciting and engrossing and funny. All told, I just had a really good time reading this.

I think if you don’t take this too seriously and just take it for what it is, you’ll enjoy this. Especially if you are like me and can never get enough of the Marvel Universe.

Five out of five, for this reader!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free ARC of this book!

Marvel, is everything.

Stuart Moore did a fantastic job at getting all the personalities to come through. While I did have fun, it wasn't a top contender for a favorite in the Marvel Uni. I am wondering if I would of liked it more, since I have read this is based in the world of a game?

Someone please fill me in.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.

I do enjoy my Marvel comics from time to time, and I had a great time with the Elsa Bloodstone novel. So when I saw this book on Netgalley of course I requested it.

I am finding this one quite difficult to review. Because I did have a fun time with it. But did I bother to stay up past my bedtime to read the final 20 pages? No… And part of that is definitely my preference for solo hero stories instead of these massive group projects. But objectively looking, there were also some errors with it.

First of I did very much enjoy the first part. Here we follow the Guardians trying to evacuate and save a Kree planet. Especially Drax was very well written, but in general the atmosphere here was great. But then it just went downhill and turned into 400 pages of just battles scenes. And most of them unnecessary.

This book just made no sense. So over 30% of it is several heroes fighting against one another, even though they have a common goal and if only they could just be bothered to TALK to each other we could save ourselves a Lot of time and pain. Then there is the hole WHY? Why any of it… There is a great evil master that destroyed the Kree planet because…. why? Then he bothered to hijack their rehabilitation project to make sure they were exploited because… why? At to that a bunch of plotholes you could fly a spaceship through.

The writing itself wasn’t great either. Apart from Drax all of the characters felt very flat and the dialogues awkward. There were Way too many characters. Sure, I know you want a big, epic hero mashup… but that one chapter where Black Panther looks at a computer screen, was that really necessary? Then there was the weird instalovey things of Kamala with a Kree guy she only meets that day. I know she is a teen but still?! Like I said I prefer solo hero stories, mainly because they give us more time to explore the character and the person behind the mask. I am not sure if this book had a single chapter in which no one was fighting. I needed a bit more than that.

So objectively speaking this book wasn’t good. Was it fun though? Sure! Was it what I would expect it to be? Yeah. The Avengers movies are also mainly just a series of fight scenes, and I enjoy those (though preferebly with a alcoholic beverage, and the charm the actors give to the characters may help as well). So yeah, if you are in the mood for a superhero book that is just dumb fun and has no substance? Read this…

This story obviously doesn't follow the Avengers movies as Thanos is dead and Tony is not. I felt like there were way too many big name characters in the book. I feel like if the author had focused more on fewer characters it would have been a better story and easier to follow.

The story begins with the Guardians of the Galaxy attempting to save a planet of Kree from their soon-to-explode planet. They ultimately fail to prevent the planet from exploding, don't save as many Kree as they would have liked to, and believe that they have lost the team member Drax. Six months later, the surviving Kree have been relocated to Earth to work for Stark Enterprises. Tony Stark is being pulled in too many directions and doesn't realize the conditions that the Kree are living in at his facility. Meanwhile, the Guardians have been working to find who destroyed the planet and killed Drax which leads them to Earth. There is a big fight involving Ms. Marvel, Captain America, Black Widow, Iron Man, She-Hulk, the Guardians, and several Kree. They eventually come to an agreement when the roof is melted off of the Kree's dwelling. Tony goes to investigate who allowed the Kree to live like this and gets more than he bargained for. Who is the planet-killer and what do they have to do with the Kree?

The author did an amazing job of bringing our favorite marvel characters to life in this novel. It is not often I enjoy a novel form story of beloved superhero characters because it seems the visuals end up lost that we experience in comics or movies. While looking back the plot did not involve actually a whole lot, the pace of the book and writing style made it superfluous. It honestly felt like I was watching an Avengers movie!

I am going to say something incredibly obvious that seems unthinkable online. It is perfectly fine to just be good. That’s heresy online but I stress. It is okay if something does a simple thing you ask it to do well. If it’s satisfying and not mindblowing, it succeeded.

That’s on my mind as I study today’s latest entry, Marvel Crisis Protocol: Target: Kree by Stuart Moore. It’s the most old school simple Marvel novel possible. When a planet is destroyed, Kree refugees come to Earth receiving aid from Tony Stark. However the Guardians of the Galaxy are in the hunt to solve the destruction. And Ms. Marvel befriends a suspect. Conflict ensues. There’s a major villain behind everything you won’t guess.

I bring up the question of simple because this is the first Aconyte Marvel book I’ve looked at that’s really just a Marvel book. The X-Men books have either taken a revisionist look or focused on lesser known characters. Elsa Bloodstone was a lesser known character. The Asgard books look at everyone but Thor. Forthcoming books focus on the Dark Avengers team, Outlaw, and Fantomex. The publisher is using the license in a unique way.

This is not so ambitious. It’s based on the Marvel tabletop game but I can’t really tell this isn’t meant to be the mainline continuity. It’s really set in the most safe familiar version of things possible until the big bad is revealed. Them you’ll need knowledge on but I was already a huge fan. The only way I really could tell this was tied to the game was the constant fights. Felt like a game.

The good news is I think safe works here. This delivers a pure unfiltered Avengers/Guardians epic. It works in no small part because Moore has at least the familiar versions of everyone down. You’ll be thinking MCU a lot reading this. Moore is an old pro, having edited the Marvel prose line when it was in house and his two volumes, Thanos: Death Sentence and Civil War, are stellar. He knows exactly how this works. Pacing is good, action is clean, and dialogue hums. There are a few non canon pov characters but they’re solid.

This is how a tie-in usually works. You’re not reinventing the wheel though under Aconyte it seems like that’s been the norm. I genuinely like that for one entry they stepped back and printed a good summer blockbuster read. This is a very easy book to sell Marvel fans on. It’s nothing new. But it’s fun. It lands July 6. Pick it up.

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.

For more information visit marvel.com. © 2021 MARVEL

I loved this! Stuart Moore captures everyone's personalities so well, you can tell he was inspired by the movies (specifically with the Guardians, whose banter made me chuckle out loud at times) but still made them feel fresh. Kamala was great too, as someone who loves the Ms. Marvel comics I can see that Moore has a great love for her too. I wasn't sure how the two would mesh, but honestly, it was fun, a good story, and full of action. I would love to read more like this and am excited to see what else Aconyte puts out!

This was actually my first Marvel novel ever (I also haven't read the comics, but I am a huuuuge MCU fan!) and ended up really enjoying it! As I absolutely love the Captain Marvel movie, reading about the Kree really took me back to watching that movie for the first time, and Stuart Moore knocked it out of the park! The backstories were very interesting to read, and the overall book is very action-packed and fast-paced.

This is miscategorised as a comic/graphic novel. It is neither. It is an exciting novel of adventure and action aimed at Middle Graders. It has some snappy lines, and some moments that provoke a little thought as to the plight of refugees and displaced peoples, and it takes place in a world we know and love, and involves characters that we have seen brought to life on the big screen. The prose falls into cliche rather more frequently than is ideal, and feels a little as though it depends on audience’s pre-existing image of the characters, but nonetheless I am sure will be enjoyed by MCU fans, and those of the new Crisis Protocol game.

This book was so fun! I haven't read many of the Marvel comics and haven't played the game that takes place in the Marvel: Crisis Protocol world, but I am a huge fan of the Marvel movies! This was my first prose Marvel book that I've read and was unsure how I would feel about it with it being new to me, but I really enjoyed it!

Brief synopsis:
Praeterus, the planet of a group of lower class Kree workers, has been destroyed causing a group of Kree refugees come to Earth to work for Stark Enterprises. The Guardians of the Galaxy follow them there, believing that the one who destroyed the Kree planet is with them. After the chaos of the Guardians' arrival, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, and The Avengers are dragged into the conflict to protect Earth, those they care about, and to get to the bottom of the destruction plaguing their races

Overall thoughts:
This book was action packed and exciting! I really did feel like I was watching a Marvel movie while reading. I found myself getting excited every time one of my favorite Avengers showed up on the page and the humor/banter between the characters was so fun to read. The book did a great job of explaining the back stories of some of the characters and important information that you would need to know if you weren't super familiar with them, which was the case for me. I never felt lost or like I didn't understand what was going on even though I haven't read the comics or other prose books. I would highly recommend this for any sci-fi, superhero, and/or Marvel fans!

This book is out July 6th and available for pre-order now!

Thank you to Netgalley and Aconyte Books for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.



About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL