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Cobalt Blue Kindle Edition

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For 35 years, the United States and Russia each had their own superhero.

Three days ago, America's hero died.

Today will be bad.

In the face of an overwhelming attack, one young woman-unassuming and anonymous-might be America's only hope.

Her codename ... COBALT BLUE

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2 August 2022
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Matthew Reilly was born in Sydney in 1974 and studied law at the University of New South Wales. Matthew self-published his first novel Contest at age 19 and went on to secure a contract. His first industry-produced novel, Ice Station, was a runaway success. His achievements in Australia have now been repeated internationally with his novels becoming bestsellers in fourteen countries and nine languages. He has written both screenplays and magazine articles and has also directed three short films.

Jacqui Duncan is an actress, voiceover artist, presenter and comedian. She has been improvising and creating characters since she began training at UCB (The Upright Citizens Brigade) in 2014 and is currently a member of improv teams Monster Squad and Danny Provolone, and sketch teams Skinny Dip and Just Giggle It. On TV, she is best known for her work as Eco in The Shak where she has copped a total of 13 animal bites. She has worked as a professional voiceover artist for the past decade, working in both commercial and animated productions. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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'Nobody writes like Matthew Reilly.' -- Vince Flynn, New York Times bestselling author

Reilly churns out big, glossy page-turners with imagination and skill.' (on The Two Lost Mountains) -- Sydney Morning Herald --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09X6W3Z3M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Australia (2 August 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2856 KB
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Matthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of eight novels: The 6 Sacred Stones, 7 Deadly Wonders, Ice Station, Temple, Contest, Area 7, Scarecrow, and the children's book Hover Car Racer, and one novella, Hell Island. His books are published in more than eighteen languages in twenty countries, and he has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide.

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Ian Acheson

Good premise but lacks any sophistication!

Reviewed in Australia on 13 August 2022

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Like most of the reviewers, I too am a Reilly fan, having read all his books. And often the 'in-between series one-offs' are some of my favourites for their sheer novelty and fun.

Cobalt Blue has a good premise. A kinda-Cold War Superhero vibe where USA and Russia both have an indestructible super! Or are they? Chris Cobalt, the US super, dies as old age catches up with her, leaving America at the mercy of the Fury of Russia, the Russian super!

The story races through the Fury seeking out each one of Cobalt's kids, who all possess super qualities, just not as fantastic as their mother's. Until he meets the last one, who has remained in hiding all of her life, for this very scenario.

The pace in the story is typically fast and it's very easy to flip through the pages. Unfortunately, the characters are all too cardboard cutout and the story a little too formulaic. It surprised me since Reilly is now such an experienced author. I do wonder if a first time author wrote this whether they would find a publisher wiling to publish it.

It's not Reilly's best work. Far from it but it still has many of the qualities that we have come to love in his stories: the frantic pace, the 'hugeness' of the scenarios, world domination, lots of action, etc.

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Amanda Lee

Not even enough

Reviewed in Australia on 14 August 2022

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Story great but is this only the prelude to something bigger and better.. I need a book that is thick enough to use as a door stop and a story line that keeps me going until the last page. I read this in a few hours and I need more. Yes I’ve read all your other books more than once, I know you have it in you to give me a real novel, one that I could knock out my husband with when he interrupts my reading. You did it for scarecrow.

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Jaci Saunders

Matthew Reilly triumphs again

Reviewed in Australia on 4 August 2022

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Another super fast paced thrill ride from a literary super human. MR never fails to create new and brilliantly imagined worlds full of truely evil villains but always provides us a hero who can save the day, Cobalt Blues journey I suspect has only just begun, Netflix have you got your copy of Cobalt Blue yet?

Reviewed in Australia on 4 August 2022

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This was an absolutely amazing read.
I could not put this down, read in one day. As always, fast paced and action packed.
I really liked all of the characters and climactic ending. Thank you Matthew, you did it again.!
Cannot wait for the next book.!

Reviewed in Australia on 8 August 2022

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I Loved it, certainly different, but another Great fast paced Adventure Packed read, well Done Mathew Reilly love all of your Books. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️

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Paul B

Short and sweet

Reviewed in Australia on 12 August 2022

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A fun novella from Matthew Reilly. A family of good guys battle a family of bad guys. The fight scenes of which there are a few are suitably bone crunching. There is one character from the Cobalt family that bucks the good guy trend which poses some interesting thoughts. From the teases at the end, hopefully will be seeing more of Cobalt Blue and co. Look forward to a novel length story.

Reviewed in Australia on 4 August 2022

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And this is why Matthew Reilly has been my number one favourite author for 15+ years!! This was so fast paced!! Please tell me there is going to be more and this is just a teaser for a new series!

Reviewed in Australia on 2 August 2022

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This was amazing.
Read it in one sitting couldn’t put it down!!!
Loved the characters. You did it again! Amazing!!!

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Jeff Gomske

What A FUN Story - Wished It Was A Full Novel Though

Reviewed in the United States on 5 August 2022

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I'm a slow reader. This can be a good and bad thing. Good in that because it takes me longer to read a book, I get to enjoy it longer than those who read much faster. Bad in that it can take me a ridiculously long time to finish something. I finished Cobalt Blue in 3 sittings.

Yes, it's short...a novella and I totally did not expect that. I thought it was a full novel. I was a little disappointed how short it was only because I knew I'd finish it much quicker than usual. Did that make it any less entertaining? Absolutely NOT.

This is the first superhero story from my favorite super author...and I am fervently hoping this isn't the last we've heard of Cobalt Blue. As usual, Matthew takes very little time forcing the rubber to hit the pavement right quick. He masterfully sets the stage for how the main characters become "super" and shows us that once again, the action is going to be fairly constant and exciting from beginning to end. Reilly manages quite a bit of character development despite the story's short length and while he doesn't bore us with crazy and unnecessary character development that many famous authors like to dwell on that really do not move a story forward 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙤𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧. I'm not knocking those authors, I'm just saying there really is such a thing as too much. I'll argue with anyone whether or not that truly adds to a story's depth and overall enjoyment of a novel.

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Okay...I digress. Reilly introduces 2 initial superheros. Cobalt and Red Fury. One for the United States and one for Russia. One chooses to be a true hero, and one uses their newfound powers in order to dominate, enslave and rule over all. The only thing keeping the world relatively safe from the wanton destruction and total enslavement of pretty much all is the fact that Cobalt and Red Fury's powers are absolutely equal. Mutual Assured Destruction, folks. It works, too.

But then Cobalt passes away and suddenly, and catastrophically, Red Fury stands alone as the supreme super power without peer...and he wastes no time proving that to the West following Cobalt's demise. Along the way are some genuinely fun and exciting developments - none of which I will spoil for you here. I've already done enough without spoiling too much (at least I haven't done much). Switching between one color of type to another as you read will make sense to you pretty quick, so don't worry about that.

What we have here is another story told with finesse and creativity that ought to satisfy almost all fans of superheros and most Reilly fans for the non-stop action from beginning to end. I also enjoyed the ending and how Matthew leaves us with wanting more (he's naturally gifted at that, isn't he?). Another Rip-Roaring Read if you ask me and 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 worth every penny - and then some. My only complaint is I wished the story was longer. Kudos Matthew, I love your stuff and always have since reading Ice Station back in 1998 (I believe). Keep up the good work.

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Maria Garcia-Montes

He phoned it in.

Reviewed in the United States on 5 August 2022

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The book is a novella, a short book and it really reminds me of The Umbrella Academy , with the warring super heroes families.
As much as I like Matt Reilly , I have read every single one of his books, I feel this was a rushed work, an in between book .
The characters were flat and formulaic, even though the premise was good his bad guys were needlessly bad and incomprehensible popular , the good guys were mostly schetches and every single chapter had a .paint by numbers quality to if.
I give it 4 stars because the notion was good and I am a sucker for Matt Reilly .

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jeremy s dierst

A great author has a possible new series

Reviewed in the United States on 3 August 2022

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Even though it read as a "The Boys" spinoff, this was a fairly entertaining novella. It just was not as dark and twisted as 'The Boys", from this author it was worth the wait. This author has a real touch in his writing style to grab the readers' attention from beginning to end. This was read in a single sitting, just a few hours. Even though the bad guy was very well described and in great detail. I just kept picturing the dad from the Black Widow movie, in my imagination. I cannot wait to read more from this author.

Maryalice Tomoeda

Cracking Good Read!

Reviewed in the United States on 4 August 2022

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Read this one straight through. Between the Scarecrow and Seven Deadly Wonders series, I've learned that Mr. Reilly knows how to do page turning action like nobody else and this one doesn't disappoint. Shorter than his other Hopefully this will be the first of a new series. A great first foray into superhero fiction. Super set of characters (pun intended) with humor in all the right places.

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Alway a Great Read

Reviewed in the United States on 6 August 2022

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Matthew Reilly is an author I anxiously await for. I love the speed of his stories and the true grit of his characters. I'm always recommending him to everyone. I tell them if they like fast paced, action packed books then Matthew Reilly is the one! Once again I read this book in one sitting. Can't wait for the next book.

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