Enemies & Allies

229 Pages·2010·1.32 MB·English

by  Anderson Kevin J

To Mary Thomson and Cherie Buchheim
Longtime friends, fans, research experts, geeks,
and genuine enthusiasts
Contents
Chapter 1
Gotham City
3
Chapter 2
Gotham City Wayne Manor
14
Chapter 3
Metropolis the Daily Planet
22
Chapter 4
The Star City Queen
27
Chapter 5
Siberia Ariguska Gulag
33
Chapter 6
The Daily Planet
39
Chapter 7
Siberia Ariguska Gulag
50
Chapter 8
Gotham City
55
Chapter 9
The Daily Planet
66
Chapter 10
Metropolis 70
Chapter 11
Wayne Manor
74
Chapter 12
The Daily Planet
80
Chapter 13
Wayne Manor
83
Chapter 14
Smallville, Kansas
88
Chapter 15
Wayne Tower
94
Chapter 16
Luthorcorp 99
Chapter 17
Gotham City
104
Chapter 18
Metropolis 110
Chapter 19
The Luthor Mansion
119
Chapter 20
The Luthor Mansion
126
Chapter 21
The Luthor Mansion
129
Chapter 22
The Daily Planet
135
Chapter 23
Metropolis 138
Chapter 24
Wayne Tower
144
Chapter 25
Mercy Draw, Arizona
148
Chapter 26
Luthor’s Island
154
Chapter 27
Las Vegas, Nevada
160
Chapter 28
The Cave
164
Chapter 29
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
167
Chapter 30
The Daily Planet
172
Chapter 31
Las Vegas Strip
175
Chapter 32
Area 51
179
Chapter 33
Area 51
183
Chapter 34
Luthor’s Island
189
Chapter 35
Metropolis 193
Chapter 36
Luthor’s Island
197
Chapter 37
The White House, Washington, D.C.
201
Chapter 38
Wayne Enterprises
205
Chapter 39
Luthorcorp 210
Chapter 40
Above the Earth
220
Chapter 41
Wayne Manor
224
Chapter 42
Luthor’s Island
230
Chapter 43
The Cave
234
Chapter 44
Ariguska Gulag
238
Chapter 45
The Daily Planet
242
Chapter 46
Siberia 246
Chapter 47
Ariguska Gulag
252
Chapter 48
Luthor’s Island
256
Chapter 49
Ariguska Gulag
261
Chapter 50
Ariguska Gulag
266
Chapter 51
Luthor’s Island
272
Chapter 52
Siberia 276
Chapter 53
The Fortress of Solitude
280
Chapter 54
Metropolis 284
Chapter 55
Luthor’s Island
288
Chapter 56
Metropolis 292
Chapter 57
Luthor’s Island
296
Chapter 58
Metropolis 302
Chapter 59
Luthor’s Island
305
Chapter 60
Metropolis 309
Chapter 61
The Daily Planet
316
Chapter 62
The Cave
319
Chapter 63
Above the Earth
321
Chapter 64
Federal Court Building, Metropolis
323
Chapter 65
Gotham City
325
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Other Books by Kevin J. Anderson
Credits
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher
BO
B VE THE CLOUD-MISTED SEAS AND MAJESTIC CONTI nents of Earth
orbited a small metal sphere that was not much larger than a basketball. Its stiff
antennae extended to send out a simple, monotonous message, a succession of
meaningless beeps.
The Soviets had named this, the first human-made satellite, Sputnik: “Fellow
Traveler.” The only one of its kind, Sputnik circled at the edge of space, high
above proud nations and their boundaries, oblivious to the political turmoil
created by its very existence.
The late 1950s marked a new era, one of both progress and international
tensions. While space travel to other planets was still an unattainable dream, the
fledgling rocketry programs of the United States and the USSR scrambled for
the capability to launch nuclear missiles at each other. For the first time in
history, human beings had the power to destroy their world. Crossing into the
night on its endless orbit, Sputnik passed over the great slumbering cities of the
United States: Metropolis; Washington, D.C.; Gotham City; Los Angeles. But
even in the darkest cities below, not everyone slept. . . .