MONACHOPSIS | james b. barnes
[ COMPLETED ]
BOOK 2 of the ORPHIC series
MONACHOPSIS
/ˈmənˌāˌkōpˌsis/
the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
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Lucille "Lucy" Opal Baker might be the unluckiest person on the planet, alongside James "Bucky" Barnes. Knowing nothing but her base programming and conditioning, Lucy- who is more Verfall than herself- wakes from cryostasis in the hands of SHIELD. Verfall doesn't understand anything until she starts to.
And it chills her entire soul.
After a few months attempting to be a person with the help of SHIELD that isn't actually SHIELD, an extraterrestrial known as Loki of Asgard touches down on Earth and takes Schmidt's prior power source- the tesseract. Threatening to trample over humans like a boot to an ant, Verfall reluctantly joins a team of enhanced- the Avengers.
Which poses a problem- Steve Rogers is set on integrating her back into society.
When Verfall realizes Steve is alive, she wonders if he might be the key to unlock James from the cage of Winter. With the help of Loki, she finds herself learning the true extent of her abilities and, well-
Verfall finally formulates a plan, and it is a glorious one.
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in which an idiosyncratic woman's choice can save thousands, or kill millions.
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MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
PRE- AVENGERS: ASSEMBLED
AVENGERS: ASSEMBLED
POST- AVENGERS: ASSEMBLED
PRE- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
POST- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
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INCLUDES THEMES OF: CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE AND MILD IDIOCY
