Summit -- or Valentina Resnick-Baker, the hero of this book -- is sort of Firestorm shoved into an Iron Man costume. Like Ronnie Raymond she talks to people inside her head between blasts of plasma fusion from her hands. There's a confusing and vague backstory about her being the sole survivor of a mission to space to destroy an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. There's a dull and predictable present day story about her trying to save the daughter of a friend who has been killed as part of a big conspiracy.

On the plus side, Valentina Resnick-Baker is a strong and intelligent LGBTQ+ character. On the minus side, she's emotionally withdrawn due to her many traumas and hard to warm up to for most of the book.

It's all b-level superhero fare, but I might give the second volume a shot to see what direction they go after this origin arc. Maybe. ( )

Another great installment in the series. Out of the volumes I've read so far (this one, Noble 1 and Kino 1), this is probably my most favourite so far. I'm definately curious for the rest! ( )