The next adventure of The Seven Sins' Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, Jon Land's Black Scorpion is a pulse pounding action-thriller as he takes on a worldwide human trafficking cabal.Five years have passed since Michael Tiranno saved the city of Las Vegas from a terrorist attack. Now a new enemy has surfaced in Eastern Europe: an all-powerful organization called Black Scorpion. Once a victim of human trafficking himself, the shadowy group’s crazed leader, Vladimir Dracu, has taken the scourge global. And now he’s set his sights on Michael Tiranno for reasons birthed in a painful secret past that has scarred both men. Michael must confront an all-powerful enemy who is exploiting and ravaging innocents all across the globe and intends to make all of America its new victim. Black Scorpion’s latest hostage is the woman Michael loves:Scarlett Swan, a beautiful archaeologist who was searching for the origin of the ancient relic that both defines and empowers Michael, a discovery that could change history and the perception of mankind’s very origins. With the odds stacked against him, Michael must embrace his true destiny and become the Tyrant reborn, a dark knight who can triumph over ultimate evil and stop Black Scorpion from plunging Las Vegas into chaos and anarchy and undermining the entire United States. A major feature film based on the character of Michael Tiranno, the Tyrant, is in active development in Hollywood. The film will be based on Black Scorpion and its predecessor, The Seven Sins, which both have also been licensed to DC Comics for comic book and graphic novel publication worldwide.This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback. Read Less