X-Men: The Legacy Quest, Book 1 [Paperback]

Steve Lyons (Author)

Book Description

Series: X-Men: The Legacy Quest Trilogy | Publication Date: June 4, 2002

Hank McCoy -- the X-Men's Beast -- made himself a guinea pig in a desperate attempt to find a cure for the deadly Legacy Virus. His gamble succeeded. Now his blood is a living serum that can save countless lives. Unfortunately, the Beast is also a prisoner of Selene, the dread Black Queen of the New York branch of the Hellfire Club and she is literally bleeding him dry in order to further her own mad quest for power and wealth. The X-Men, and their uneasy ally, Sebastian Shaw, the mutant Black King of the Hong Kong branch of the Hellfire Club, are locked in a race against time to defeat Selene and free the Beast. But to their shock, they have discovered that Selene has found a way to turn time itself into a weapon against them.

Meanwhile, Sebastian Shaw and the mysterious menace known as Mutant X, pursue a different agenda -- one that if it succeeds, will place the Legacy Virus serum in the hands of the most dangerous mutant in the world!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Steve Lyons, the author of a dozen Doctor Who novels and a contributor to various Marvel anthologies, launches a new trilogy with X-Men: The Legacy Quest (devotees take note: the books are set shortly after X-Men issue 87). Beast Hank McCoy wants to discover the cure to the Legacy Virus (to which only mutants are susceptible), but so does the villainous Sebastian Shaw, aka the Black King, who's just kidnapped X-Men pal Moira McTaggart; it's up to Hank to determine whether joining forces with an old enemy will save the day in this solid cliff-hanger.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: I Books/Marvel (June 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074344468X
• ISBN-13: 978-0743444682
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,496,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Legacy Quest Review, January 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: X-Men: The Legacy Quest, Book 1 (Paperback)

The Legacy Quest book was extremely well written and easy to follow for those who don't know too much about X-Men and those who do. My younger brother read it and he knows nothing about X-Men, loved it and understood it perfectly. It is entertaining and like I said very well written. I would recommend it to anyone...

4.0 out of 5 stars Legacy Quest starts off OK, November 4, 2003

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"serapheem" (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men: The Legacy Quest, Book 1 (Paperback)

Not a bad story for fans of the X-Men. It really isn't a story to be picked up by those who haven't followed the x-men and don't know some X-History. For the first book it had a decent flow. Not bad for a comic novel.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good first book for the trilogy, February 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: X-Men: The Legacy Quest, Book 1 (Paperback)

A good lite read. The X-ers are well written and the plot
moves along once it gets going. (A little slow at first but,
nessesary to the story)
The action scences are good and villians are presented well.
With most comic book villians, you have a good chance at
cheesing things out but, Lyons dodges this bullet well and
gives the X-men some pretty good adversaries.
As a whole, a good start and I look forward to the other two.