That glow when they are needed to come together to form a sentai battle team like Gatchaman (Japanese version Including Norio (Goryo) they all sport tattoos of their choosing, mythical creatures Super heroes, Oni, Baku, Raiju and Amabie. A Tokyo faction called Team ARMOR are out to protect the city the product of Norio's researchĪnd labours, his specially powered mecha has the ability to ward off evildoers, but he can't do it without the help of his fellow Every time the Kaiju King unleashes a monster, super villains come out and only These super heroes are from all walks of life. The lobster kaiju is setįor ravaging the whole of Tokyo, and superheroes are set to prevent it from terrorising the city. Transform normal everyday creatures to behemoth size ones, kaiju being the Japanese wold for monster. Here, there is the Kaiju King, an ever so powerful former human who can Guys with super powers? This is the idea of Resistance. But what if you had that choice, used it and others paid the ultimate price for the good guys and bad Superman has already battled with his dark side while Spiderman has his own reasons for being a heroĪnd protecting the people. In the realm of both DC and Marvel comics our heroes don't seem to get that choice as they areĪlways on the side of good.

Samit Basu, author of Turbulence gets us to think of what it would be like if we had developed any ability we wanted and had theĬhoice to use it for good or evil. Passengers of a flight from London to Delhi have developed super powers, and eleven years after, the world is awash with them.

How can you not like a novel that stars out with a monster in Tokyo that rightfully Godzilla should sort out? In Resistance He was born in Calcutta, educated in Calcutta and London, and currently divides his time between Delhi and Mumbai. The other books in the trilogyĪre The Manticore's Secret and The Unwaba Revelations. India in 2003, when he was 23, was the first book in the bestselling Gameworld Trilogy and marked theīeginning of Indian English fantasy writing. His first novel, The Simoqin Prophecies, published by Penguin Samit Basu is a writer of books, films and comics.

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