The Renegades Project Neptune: Defenders of the Planet

by David Selby

The Renegades face their greatest challenge yet - extreme sea level rises and a sinister new plot from their archenemy.In this fast-paced action adventure series, the Renegades are called upon to use their superpowers to combat threats to the world's climate.Mo, Leon, and a recovering Katelyn are on the move again, along with Amazon activist Alma, whose strange new powers are just developing. They've been tracking the movements of their longtime nemesis - businessman-turned-supervillain Jason Greenleaf - and this time they're determined to stay one step ahead of him.But as they race to uncover the meaning behind Jason's new friends The League and the mysterious new serum he is developing, the team must reckon with both their own demons and new changes to the climate. Sea levels are rising faster than ever before and some strange - but potentially lifesaving - creatures in the mangrove forests of Bangladesh are at risk of dying out. With so many threats to the Earth mounting, could this all be too much, even for the Renegades?

96 pages, Paperback

Published October 14, 2021

About the author

David Lynn Selby was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. He received B.S. and M.A. degrees from West Virginia University and a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University.

He is an honorary member of the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center's Advisory Board, has worked with the Governor's Honor Academy, and has made many guest appearances around the state of West Virginia.

David and his wife, Chip, fund a guest artist series at West Virginia University. In 1989, he was honored as a distinguished alumnus of West Virginia University, and, in May 1992, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Communications and Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University. He was given the first Life Achievement Award from the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts in 1998, and he received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University in 2004.

David is a member of the Cleveland Playhouse Hall of Fame, and, in 1999, he received the Millennium Recognition Award from The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.

David and Chip ran a summer children's musical theatre in New York for ten years before moving to California. He has directed numerous programs with youth and has volunteered with scouting and youth sports programs.

The Selbys have three children."

Reviews

[Melanie Dulaney]

Discovery Kids (DK) continues to expand its offerings to children with this graphic novel series called The Renegades, Defenders of the Planet. In this 3rd installment, the Renegades are trying to recoup from another near disastrous encounter with The League and super villain Jason Greenleaf and save a mangrove forest. The characters in this series are varied in race, personalities and in powers and the panels will be appealing to middle grade students. However, this is a series that is likely best to be read in order. Characters’ motivations and how they acquired their superpowers was very fuzzy as was the organization referred to as The League and the background of Dr. Carbonneau, who becomes key in this volume. This book seems targeted for the 4th-6th grade age group, however there are two “hell’s” and one “hell-bent” included in the dialogue.

Thanks for sending me a finished copy to preview.

[christinemm]

Climate propaganda and all the white people are racists.