It’s an old cartoon and serial-adventure cliché: The villain gets the hero at a disadvantage and cackles “Prepare to die!” It’s a meaningless phrase, a stalling tactic designed to heighten the drama and draw out a potentially scary moment for the audience, and give the hero time to turn the tables. Not so in Paul Tobin’s enjoyably pulpy debut novel, Prepare To Die!, where a superhero named Reaver takes it at face value.
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