Marvel's Black Widow: Forever Red

By: Margaret Stohl

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Enter the world of the Avengers' iconic master spy.

Natasha Romanoff is one of the world's most lethal assassins. Trained from a young age in the arts of death and deception, Natasha was given the title of Black Widow by Ivan Somodorov, her brutal teacher at the Red Room, Moscow's infamous academy for operatives.

Ava Orlova is just trying to fit in as an average Brooklyn teenager, but her life has been anything but average. The daughter of a missing Russian quantum physicist, Ava was once subjected to a series of ruthless military experiments - until she was rescued by Black Widow and placed under S.H.I.E.L.D. protection. Ava has always longed to reconnect with her mysterious savior, but Black Widow isn't really the big sister type. Until now.

When children all over Eastern Europe begin to go missing, and rumors of smuggled Red Room tech light up the dark net, Natasha suspects her old teacher has returned - and that Ava Orlova might be the only one who can stop him. To defeat the madman who threatens their future, Natasha and Ava must unravel their pasts. Only then will they discover the truth about the dark-eyed boy with an hourglass tattoo who haunts Ava's dreams....

Black Widow: Forever Red features all the heart-pounding adventure listeners expect from Marvel, written by number-one New York Times best-selling author Margaret Stohl. Uncover a new side of the Marvel Universe that will thrill loyal fans and newcomers alike, as Stohl reveals the untold story of Black Widow for the very first time.

©2015 Marvel (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

The Black Widow

I truly enjoyed this story and feel that if Marvel were to adapt a story for a film this would be a great story to so that with.
really enjoyed finally getting some background on the Black Widow.

Excellent insight & view into the Marvel Universe

The theme, the background, and accents within the performance all delivered a story with action, suspense, and strong emotion. As much an origin story as it is a historical trek into the life and psyche of a favored, and often overlooked, Marvel character !

Wow!

Great story cant wait for the next one! I didn't see the ending coming, I didn't see the middle coming! Julia Whelan was phenomenal! I love when a narrator perfectly matches up with my expectations for a character. Overall great book!

put me in mind of twilight

Ran too much like a teen novel with the avengers , even Black Widow, as a background

Really gave life to the character

I won't give this five stars because it didn't blow me out of the water, but for a comic book to novel transition, it's pretty good. This author really gave life to Romanoff, which is not an easy feat. The role of Russian spy has been thoroughly explored lately, and really poorly in a lot of other instances, but not here. The exterior characters do a great job of toning back the stereotypical spy story with their own problems. The narrator does a great job, though I'm not a fan of how she narrates for the males in the book. Picked this up because it was on sale, but definitely not disappointed.