3.7
Fantasy & SciFi
Longlisted for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
The Good Guys is a tale of failure and redemption. Set in Singapore in the not-so-distant future, superheroes, born from a worldwide conflict called War of the Long Winter, save the day. But who will save them when they break? The Good Guys is Darren Chen, a third-year law undergraduate’s first novel.
Deep beneath the Singapore General Hospital is The Vault—a hidden sanctuary for broken superheroes in need of a little time-out. Away from the eyes of the worshipping public, they take the sofa and have a dose of therapy. But when a death occurs, the facility is immediately locked down. Small-time superhero, Landslide, finds himself in a whodunnit, and realises that being cooped up underground amongst unstable superheroes with immense power is not the best place to be…
© 2021 by Darren Chen. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.
© 2021 Storyside (Luisterboek): 9789152164389
© 2021 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814901543
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 15 september 2021
Ebook: 7 augustus 2021
3.7
Fantasy & SciFi
Longlisted for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
The Good Guys is a tale of failure and redemption. Set in Singapore in the not-so-distant future, superheroes, born from a worldwide conflict called War of the Long Winter, save the day. But who will save them when they break? The Good Guys is Darren Chen, a third-year law undergraduate’s first novel.
Deep beneath the Singapore General Hospital is The Vault—a hidden sanctuary for broken superheroes in need of a little time-out. Away from the eyes of the worshipping public, they take the sofa and have a dose of therapy. But when a death occurs, the facility is immediately locked down. Small-time superhero, Landslide, finds himself in a whodunnit, and realises that being cooped up underground amongst unstable superheroes with immense power is not the best place to be…
© 2021 by Darren Chen. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.
© 2021 Storyside (Luisterboek): 9789152164389
© 2021 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814901543
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 15 september 2021
Ebook: 7 augustus 2021
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Arjen
4 jan 2022
Felt like a self help book more than a superhero story. I went in expecting something else. My bad.
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