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The World's Deadliest Assassin takes on...the villains of the DC Universe? In DEATHSTROKE VOL. 5, from writer Christopher Priest (Black Panther) , Slade Wilson must face the worst the world has to offer in this newest installment of the Eisner Award-nominated series.After betraying another assassin and violating an unwritten code of conduct, Deathstroke is kidnapped and brought to stand trial before the Secret Society of Super Villains, a group that includes the Riddler, Black Manta and Reverse-Flash! Will Deathstroke pay for his crime? And what of Slade Wilson's recent turn toward heroism? This game-changing volume collects DEATHSTROKE #26-29 Annual 1.
About the Author
Christopher Priest was born in Cheshire, England. He began writing soon after leaving school and has been a full-time freelance writer since 1968. He has published eleven novels, four short story collections and a number of other books, including critical works, biographies, novelizations and children's non-fiction. He has written drama for radio (BBC Radio 4) and television (Thames TV and HTV) . In 2006, The Prestige was made into a major production by Newmarket Films. Directed by Christopher Nolan, The Prestige went straight to No. 1 US box office. It received two Academy Award nominations. Other novels, including Fugue For a Darkening Island and The Glamour, are currently in preparation for filming. He is Vice-President of the H. G. Wells Society. In 2007, an exhibition of installation art based on his novel The Affirmation was mounted in London. As a journalist he has written features and reviews for The Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the New Statesman, the Scotsman, and many different magazines.
