Max August was a point man when he served during the Vietnam War, the guy who had to lead his patrol through dangers he couldn't possibly anticipate. Now he’s a disc jockey, at one with the music and his faithful audience . . . until the day when he is swept into a battle invisible to all but the participants.
For nearly five centuries, Cornelius Agrippa has fought against an evil that has threatened to corrupt and destroy everything good and untainted in the world. Now, Max has joined the battle. It wasn't his idea to fight a demonic entity that can become anything it wants: an undying monster or the most desirable woman in the world. Max has been chosen by fate to fight those who would use magick to destroy freedom and wreak havoc on an unsuspecting world. Along with Agrippa and Valerie Drake, a beautiful, talented singer, Max is the only hope of the free world.
“Steve Englehart comes up out of nowhere to explode on us with a first novel that places itself way up there with some of the finest in the genre. The Point Man is as exciting a slam-banger as you’ll find this year. But it’s much more than that. The magic is most magical, and enormous to boot, and the mystery and the tension will not release you.”--Twilight ZoneMagazine
"I haven't read a novel like this since The Exorcist."-- Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of the Illuminatus! trilogy
"Englehart weaves a roller-coaster ride of music, magic and madness."--bookgasm.com
STEVE ENGLEHART is known to millions of comics readers as the author of such comics as Captain America, The Justice League of America, and Batman: the Dark Detective. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
Born in Indianapolis, he went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He studied Psychology because people fascinated him, but in getting his B.A. he learned that psychology didn't describe real people, so he became a writer.
Living the Young Creator's life in New York, he got to be drinking buddies with an editorial assistant at Marvel Comics. One night the e.a. called to say he was going on vacation for six weeks; would Steve like to fill in for him on staff? Steve would, and once in the door at what was then a very small operation, he got a shot at writing a comic. It was a failing series called Captain America -- but six months later it had become Marvel's leading seller, and Steve had all the work he could handle. He became Marvel's lead writer, adding The Hulk, The Avengers, Thor, Dr. Strange, and half a dozen other series. Then he was hired away by DC Comics to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but also wrote a solo Batman series that readers dubbed the "definitive" version and broke the long-standing barrier between comics readers and the mass market. All comics films since Batman in 1989 stem from that.
After Batman he traveled around Europe for a year and wrote his first novel, The Point Man. Since then he's designed video games for Atari, Activision, Electronic Arts, and others. He's written animation for Street Fighter and G.I. Joe. He's written mid-grade books for Avon, including the DNAgers series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school programs on the invention of the aeroplane. And he's written more comics, like Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer, which led to the San Diego Comic-Con calling him "comics' most successful writer, having had more hits with more characters at more companies than anyone else in comics history." He created The Night Man, which became a live-action television series.
Most recently, The Point Man has engendered a series of novels from Tor, beginning with The Long Man.
Max August was the point man in Veitnam. Now He is a DJ in San Francisco, and soon he well get caught up in murder, magic and Russian Spies. Oh and SEX!
I read this book when it was 1st published and thought it was great then. I just finished rereading it and i still love and remember about 50% of it still. if your are an Englehart comic fan this is a must read series.
If your a fan of the Dresden Files your should read this book.
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I found The Point Man after seeing The Long Man in the bookstore. What a great story! It's a bit dated, but it works just great for Max's exploits. I enjoyed The Long Man even more, but you have to start here as the Point Man... 30 years ago. Where it all started with Max and Magick.
I look forward to more of Max August!! The downside is I have to wait another year for any more new Max...
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This review is from: The Point Man (Mass Market Paperback)
Although a bit dated now, still entertaining reading. Great book for the airplane. Story is about a Vietnam vet working as a DJ in San Francisco. A carved lion which his uncle gave him is mysteriously stolen. His new boss, an attractive young woman who is seemingly all business, seduces him. He continues to try to track down his stolen lion, meeting some interesting good people and bad people along the way.
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