Published: March 23, 2012
Words: 150,534 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780983798422

Short description

It's 2014 and the members of West Pacific Supers are gearing up for another exciting Season. This year they'll be fighting for the hearts and minds of West Pacific as an upstart charter team challenges our heroes to become the official superhero team of the city. Behind the scenes, the real battle rages between Nike, the newly restored goddess of victory, and her nemesis, the immortal witch Circe.

Extended description

It's 2014 and the surviving members of West Pacific Supers, along with some new recruits, are gearing up for another exciting Season. This year they'll be fighting for the hearts and minds of West Pacific as an upstart charter team challenges our heroes to become the official superhero team of the city. Behind the scenes, the real battle rages between Nike, the newly restored goddess of victory, and her nemesis, the immortal witch Circe. Ultimately, the efforts of an apprentice wizard and the new White Knight power armor pilot may be the deciding factors in a no-holds-barred contest in which each side is looking for victory at any cost.

Victory at Any Cost, the second novel in the West Pacific Supers series, continues the action, wit, and drama of Rising Tide.

Tags

magic, speculative fiction, science fiction, gods, wizards, superheroes, mutants, superpowers

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Review by: Mystie Muun on April 25, 2012 :
This was very entertaining to read. The characters come out as real people with real lives, including all the stuff that goes with actually living. I can't say that everyone of the characters is lovable, because hey, Some of them are just plain rotten tomatoes. But that makes the good ones all the more enjoyable when they manage to succeed. By far my favorite was Seawolf. I found that the object of my cheering changed as the book went on. Who's villain, and Who's hero gets muddled at times.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Charlotte E. English on April 24, 2012 :
I have always been a fan of Greek mythology, so the idea of a battle between Nike, Goddess of Victory, and Circe the witch appealed to me right away. The two have an ancient rivalry which they renew by forming a wager: Circe's old team (the West Pacific Supers) versus Nike's new team (the Victory Team). Whichever succeeds in being chosen as the city's official team wins the wager.

Herein lay some interesting complications from the start. I was rooting for the West Pacific Supers, of course! But not for Circe; I liked Nike - or her alter ego Victoria Pallas - much more. I also liked Mei, Circe's long-suffering apprentice who's determined to be a wizard - NOT a witch! - and who gets tangled up in the wager due to Circe's machinations.

There was plenty of action as with the first book, and quite a lot of character time. I felt that there was a rather long setup phase, and it took me some time to really get into the story. But by about a third of the way through I was caught up once more in this strange and so oddly believable world of super heroes, super villains and super sponsorships.

Some of the characters' actions made me lose some sympathy for them. Cosmic Kid, a former favourite, has decidedly fallen from grace and Camille hasn't endeared herself any better than last time. But the return of the White Night character was much welcomed, and Dr Annie Sterling alone was fantastic enough to balance most of that out!

All in all this was a really enjoyable sequel to the first book and I'm looking forward to the next installment - roll on 2013!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Terry B. on April 16, 2012 :
This is another fun book from K.M. Johnson-Weider. After enjoying the first one in the series, "West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide," I've looked forward to the arrival of "Victory at Any Cost." Sometimes a sequel does not live up to expectations. Happily, "Victory" does not disappoint. I won't detail the plot or spoil the ending.

I liked returning to a world that I knew. "Rising Tide" introduced the Draft, the Season, and the superhero teams; the last chapter was a teaser for this new book. "Victory" starts the next year in West Pacific. I anticipated reuniting with characters I've previously enjoyed, but right off the bat there is someone new and the action pulled me in. The second chapter - would I find the characters I remembered? Not right away, first there is the development of a minor superhero from the first book and this too is interesting. So, "Victory" is not simply going to rely on the same characters from the first book. Finally - at the end of Chapter 2 - I found some of my old friends.

Its a new Season: interesting new team members, new supervillains intent on catastrophe, new unanticipated plot twists; it all kept me reading. Once again the action is well done and unpredictable. The dialogue continues to be sharp. I liked the depth of the characters, they're frequently humorous, often frustrated, sometimes anguished. You learn more about what shaped the superheroes - how events in the past affect both their on the job performance, and their private lives. The characters in these novels are very realistic, their decisions definitely reflect their personalities, and once again I found myself wondering how I would react in their situation.

When I finished, I was not ready for the book to end. The author did not run out of situations or characters to make an interesting read. It seems pretty certain that there can be more to come. I hope so!
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