A Del Rey Mass Market Original
Written by Max Allan Collins
Copyright © 2009 by Hasbro Inc.
Copyright © 2009 Paramount Pictures
All Rights Reserved.
In the prequel to the movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the book Above & Beyond deals with the G.I. Joe team - an elite United Nations Special Operations Force - on a parallel mission with Lieutenant Duke Hauser's elite American covert insertion team, in secret support for Hauser's team as both teams search for advanced weapons that are being sold by weapons dealers.
In this book, you get to know a little bit more about the individual Joes, including Cover Girl - who did not last very long in the movie. I actually grew to like Cover Girl in the book and felt rather sad knowing her ultimate fate in the movie G.I. JOE: The Rise of the Cobra. There are two missions, the first mission dealing with the sophisticated weapons that the weapons dealers are dealing with. The final mission is the one that is mentioned in the movie and deals with super soldiers - along with Duke's doctor brother-in-law. This second final mission leads into the movie and the terrorist organization that they will deal with. I felt the pain of Duke, whose pain was a consequence of that last mission. This prequel book is a little more believable to me than what the movie had portrayed.
Pancho
All people smile in the same language.
