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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Meet the Authority: a team of former Stormwatch Black members who get the job done no matter the cost. Jenny Sparks, the embodiment of the 20th century, controls electricity at her fingertips. Jack Hawksmoor is psychically bonded to entire cities and can communicate with their spirits. Swift is a winged warrior whose attitude is sharper than her talons. Apollo and Midnighter are bio-engineered destroyers as different as night and day, but deadly all the same. The Engineer is a robot scientist who had replaced her blood with nine pints of liquid nanotechnolgical machinery. Finally, there's the Doctor, a Dutch drug addict and shaman who possesses the combined magical powers of the hundreds of shamans who came before him. The Authority are heroes in only the strictest sense of the word. Ruthless and unforgiving, this group of insanely powerful superhumans face down the countless menaces to Earth, protecting mankind with their cold version of justice."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Warren Ellis's <i>New York Times</i> bestseller THE AUTHORITY is back in paperback. Pick up one of the most renowned tales in the WildStorm imprint's history!</b> <p/>Warren Ellis's <i>New York Times</i> bestseller THE AUTHORITY! <p/>The Authority are heroes in only the strictest sense of the word. Ruthless and unforgiving, this group of insanely powerful superhumans face down countless menaces to Earth, protecting mankind with their cold version of justice. An invasion from an alternate Earth, an international terrorist who is laying waste to major cities and a hostile alien intelligence who calls himself God all fall under their rule. <p/>This is THE AUTHORITY. Pay allegiance. Or get your head kicked in. <p/>Created by legendary writer Warren Ellis (THE WILD STORM, TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and artists Bryan Hitch (JUSTICE LEAGUE), Paul Neary (<i>The Ultimates</i>) and Laura Martin (WONDER WOMAN), THE AUTHORITY is considered one of the most groundbreaking titles in modern comics history. Collects issues #1-12, PLANETARY/THE AUTHORITY: RULING THE WORLD and a new story from WILDSTORM: A CELEBRATION OF 25 YEARS.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Warren Ellis</b> is the award-winning writer of <i>Transmetropolitan, Planetary, The Authority, </i> and the writer and co-creator of the graphic novel <i>RED</i>, which was the basis of two major motion pictures. He is also the author of the NYT-bestselling novels <i>Gun Machine</i> and <i>Crooked Little Vein</i>. His newest publication is the digital short-story single <i>Dead Pig Collector</i>, from FSG Originals. <p/> His awards and recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society's President's Medal for service to freedom of speech, the Eagle Awards Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. <p/> Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.

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