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In one of Stan Lee’s final collaborations and most innovative works, the legendary creator invites you to unleash the power of your imagination, and bring to life an epic, superhero origin story set within a tech-centric, highly connected world, unnervingly reminiscent of our own. Narrated by Yara Shahidi, one of today’s brightest talents, Stan Lee’s Alliances: A Trick of Light introduces listeners to a mysterious young woman, Nia, whose fate is intertwined with a seemingly ordinary Midwestern teenager, Cameron Ackerson, whose quest for YouTube stardom takes him to the heart of the Great Lakes Triangle where he is imbued with the power to "see" and "hear" a new reality. As Nia and Cameron’s relationship grows, they conspire to create a more righteous online universe, but wind up crossing a shadowy outfit called OPTIC. Meanwhile, a threat of galactic proportions emerges, imperiling humanity’s very existence by harnessing our individual desire to connect as the very means to destroy us. Can Nia, Cameron, and Juaquo (Cameron’s best friend) save us from our own collective ruin? Join forces with Stan Lee to find out!
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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
Luke Lieberman grew up in Weston Connecticut where the woods were a playground for his imagination. After graduating NYU film school, he moved to LA to apprentice Stan Lee, who mentored him in the art of storytelling. He left Stan's employ to relaunch the Red Sonja comic book franchise where he serves as licensor and executive editor to this day. Luke has personally written over 50 issues under the title, including this years Red Sonja: Birth of a She-Devil mini-series. After graduating Loyola law school and joining Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susan to practice intellectual property law, Luke collaborated with his friend and mentor Stan, as well as Ryan Silbert and Kat Rosenfeld, to co-author Stan Lee's Alliances: A Trick of Light. This project has been a dream come true. These days Luke does his best writing at the family cabin on Flathead Lake in Montana. Home is where the heart is. He is a brother of four, uncle of 11, father of two, and husband to one Shannon Lieberman, who is the joy of his life.
