Marvel What If . . . Marc Spector Wa..., Mike Chen
Marvel What If . . . Marc Spector Wa..., Mike Chen
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Marvel: What If . . . Marc Spector Was Host to Venom? (A Moon Knight & Venom Story)

Author: Mike Chen

Narrator: Xavier Casals, Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2024


Synopsis

Marc Spector and Venom engage in a battle of wills in the next adventure of an epic multiversal series reimagining iconic Marvel origin stories.

So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched Marc Spector cheat death in the name of the Egyptian god Khonshu. But…what if Moon Knight was subsumed  by a Venom from another universe?

Marc Spector is used to voices in his head. He’s used to waking up disoriented, unsure what his alters, Jake and Steven, might have been up to. He’s used to having an Egyptian god command him as Moon Knight, his avatar of justice and revenge. What he’s not used to: staring into the face of a literal, out-of-body doppelganger.

Another Marc, crash-landed from an alternate reality, begging for help? Yeah, that is a new one, even for him.

But before he can really process anything beyond Khonshu’s incessant alarm bells, it becomes clear this other Marc didn’t travel solo. Some kind of alien — a symbiote named Venom— casts off its current host and begins to merge with Marc, forcing Khonshu away from his chosen champion and claiming Moon Knight for its own. The formerly stark white suit that struck fear into the hearts of criminals now looms as a jet-black shadow over friends and foes alike. Marc’s lethal prowess fueled by Venom’s penchant for violence carves a trail of chaos as they comb through the vigilante’s torturous past.

Yet a sliver of hope remains: Finally free of Venom’s control, the other Jake and Steven re-gain consciousness to find themselves in a strange reality, without their Marc, but with a strange bird-like god insisting that “they will do.” Desperate, lost, and running out of time, the pair make a deal: become Khonshu’s new avatar to track Venom’s path of destruction, save this universe, and just maybe figure out a way back to their own.

About The Author

Mike Chen is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood, Here and Now and Then, A Quantum Love Story, and other novels, as well as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comics. He has covered geek culture for sites such as Nerdist and The Mary Sue, and in a different life, he's covered the NHL. A member of SFWA, Mike lives in the Bay Area with his wife, daughter, and many rescue animals. Follow him on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram: @mikechenwriter


Reviews

Goodreads review by William on December 08, 2024

A great read that is full of fast-paced action and surprising sentiment. I wanna start this review by saying that although I was a casual fan of moon knight before reading this, after reading this I am now fully invested in moon knight stocks (going to dive straight into the comics). The greatest th......more

Goodreads review by Graff on February 01, 2025

Marvel: What If...? series 03 What If . . . Marc Spector Was Host to Venom? (A Moon Knight & Venom Story) by Mike Chen challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense Medium-paced Plot or character-driven? A mix Strong character development? Yes Loveable characters? Yes Diverse cast of characters? ......more

Goodreads review by Karmen on April 19, 2025

This is probably my favorite of the series so far! I love how these feel like an episode of What If…? Duh that makes sense but this one really felt like it. I love Moon Knight, and Marc Spector, and Jake Lockley, and Steven Grant and this book was so amazing. The premise of this book is exactly as t......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on January 17, 2025

This was a story that took me a long time to really get into. The first half(ish) of the book is really confusing due to the Multiverse story and trying to decipher which Marc is which. Eventually, it gets more clear and figured out but I still didn't find the story as interesting as the first two a......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on March 03, 2025

Now I have to go back and read the first 2 lol......more