Customer Reviews
Not Bad, But... - By: Mr. B. H. Longstaff, 31 Jul 2006 
I would imagine that the majority of people who bought this book are, like myself, at least reasonably knowledgable concerning the DC Universe & its inhabitants, so when a novel contains the "Story to date" of not just one, but THREE of the characters in it, well, thats a lot of padding.
Its a shame, reallly, that the stories of Arsenal (former Speedy), Tempest (former Aqualad) & Nightwing (former Robin) & their relationships to their now former partners Batman, Aquaman & Green Arrow are given so much page space as otherwise this is one cracker of a story.
Basicallly, Deathstroke sends Batman a warning that something is not well in Gotham by missing his intended target. When the Dark Knight contacts Green Arrow in the hopes of locating Arsenal (who has contacts that might help), the Emerald Archer immediately volunteers not only himself but also Aquaman to help - despite Batman's protests, naturallly! Following different leads, the teams of Green Arrow & Nightwing, Aquaman & Aqualad & Batman & Arsenal (no, I haven't got that wrong), eventuallly come upon the truth - a plot that could cause the devastation of Gotham & plunge the USA into war.
The teaming of Batman with Arsenal & of Green Lantern with Nightwing is inspired & highlights the different methods the former sidekicks have been taught to use to fight the bad guys. However, still teaming Aquaman with Tempest seemed more like a way to plug a hole in the plot than for any other reason. In fact, Tempest seems to have very little to do at alll.
That said, it was quite a good read. Not the best DC book (that was The Stone King), but worth a look.
