If you don’t like superheroes this book is not going to be for you. Both sides want him out of the way, but can they join forces, even briefly? Out there somewhere is a real super villain, someone who uses his abilities only for evil. That’s even down to the level of Jai and his team having plenty of good arguments on their side. It doesn’t take long for the scenario to turn into a classic, X-Men style battle of heroes against villains. He wants to establish an elite corps of super soldiers, and his first mission for Vir is an attack on a Pakistani nuclear missile base, an act pretty much certain to lead to war. He’s a patriotic soldier who foresees a new era of imperial glory for India. Vir’s boss, Jai Mathur, was also on the flight. However, not all of their fellow passengers share their altruism. Like any right-thinking person bitten by a radioactive spider, Aman, Uzma and Vir only want to use their powers for the good of mankind. I’m also delighted that it is so much fun. I’ve been in touch with him on and off since Emerald City days, and I’m delighted to see him finally have a novel out here. The author is Samit Basu, whom you won’t be surprised to learn lives in Delhi.
This is the set-up for a very different novel published in the UK by Titan Books. Homo superior has arrived on Earth, and they have done so in India. He has other powers too, things previously reserved solely for mild-mannered American journalists with parents from Krypton.
Fighter pilot Vir Singh no longer needs his plane to fly. Wannabe actress Uzma Abidi is suddenly the toast of Bollywood - every director wants her in his movie, despite the fact that she’s a Muslim of English-Pakistani birth. Programmer Aman Sen has become the ultimate cyberpunk hero - his brain is wired to the Internet, and he can hack into any system with ease. When the passengers disembark, they discover that they have acquired strange powers. A British Airways flight from London to Delhi encounters some turbulence in flight.
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