Alter Ego

Anthony Award winner Segura follows up his 1970s comic-book mystery Secret Identity with this sequel set in contemporary times, during an effort to reboot the Legendary Lynx, the comic book character at the center of Secret Identity. To carry on the legacy of the Legendary Lynx, Triumph Comics taps Annie Bustamante (an uncompromising comic book artist and filmmaker with a childhood connection to the original material) and Arturo Spinoza, a cancelled, once-influential film director. As Annie and Arturo butt heads with a publisher more interested in milking intellectual property than artistic integrity, Annie receives cryptic warnings that make her question Triumph’s claims of creation. It sends her on a dangerous exploration into the past. Fans of Secret Identity will be interested to learn where the future took its protagonist, Carmen Valdez, and learn how her story intersects with the narrative. Readers new to Segura will also enjoy this book without the context of its predecessor.