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Fans of the Guardians of the Galaxy, those interested in Marvel's cosmic heroes and villains, and readers of space opera. The Kree Empire is knocked back on its heels when the Phalanx, a cybernetic race that converts hosts using a techno-organic virus, seizes control of Hala, the Kree homeworld. The person who accidentally brought the Phalanx right to the heart of the Kree Empire? Peter Quill, otherwise known as Star-Lord. The remnants of the Kree are in utter disarray, their massive technologically advanced fleets totally susceptible to Phalanx control. Eager to make up for his genuine mistake (and without much choice), Star-Lord and a rag-tag team (Rocket, Groot, Gamora, Drax, and Mantis) are drafted into service to help turn the tide. Can a small group of poorly equipped mercenaries and misfits defeat the Phalanx before they consume the known universe? Outgunned and outmatched, the Guardians of the Galaxy race to find anything or anyone who could hold the secret to stopping the Phalanx, a quest that will take them to the fringes of intergalactic civilization, and a shocking foe at the heart of the threat.
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A super clumsy attempt at synergising the fan-favourite ‘Annihilation: Conquest' Guardians of the Galaxy storyline with the movie lineup of characters (Gamora and Drax are forced into this novelisation). Rich's fraught relationship with his family is completely watered down here and the writing itself is stilted and awkward.
Just read the original graphic novel.
Mind me, it is not a bad novelization-cum-rewriting of the modern Guardians' origins: it just fails to deliver in terms of emotions.
I mean, I am in the process of rereading everything Rocket Raccoon & Guardians, and the Annihilation: Conquest comic book saga still delivers a better punch, in terms of writing. The author of this novel played it right: Rather than copying the comic books events, he decided to skip something, rewrite some parts, make this book a new and yet familiar ground.
BUT, far as emotions goes, it gets boring at times. If this was a movie, you could see the actors playing without putting their hearts in it.