Steve Clark is the Reaver, last of the heroes left. In his most recent fight with Octagon and the Eleventh Hour, a group of super villains, he is defeated, badly. Unexpectedly, he asks for a boon; two weeks to prepare to die, which to everyone's' utter disbelief, Octagon grants him.

What does a super hero do when he is granted two weeks to live? Steve Clark makes a list. See his high school girlfriend, Adele, get together with her again, take her out on a date, talk to his best friend's parents and tell them the truth about their dead son, build a scholarship in the name of his ex-sidekick, Kid Crater etc. Last but not the least... Fight? For what, with whom he does not know, just felt right to add it to his final list. This is his story. Told in his own words about his origins, history and how and why he has made a list of what he has.

I picked up PREPARE TO DIE thinking it would be a suspense thriller without reading the blurb. To my surprise, this is a super hero story and told in first POV. Normally this POV puts me off, but the way Paul Tobin started off, I could not put it down from the very first chapter. Everyone who loves comic books and movies based on them, will absolutely love this book. In fact anyone who has seen the current movies based on Avengers, Iron Man, Dark Knight etc and loved them, need to pick up PREPARE TO DIE.

PREPARE TO DIE is a complete package of action, suspense and brilliant merging of past and present that will leave you feeling like you are watching a movie rather than reading a book. What makes the Reaver special is not his super human strength or super-fast self-healing or his ability to knock of one year of a person's life through his punch but what makes him human, imperfect. His journey will make you understand him on a very personal level, feel with him, cry with him and laugh at his observations and actions.

No character in this book is one-dimensional including the villains... especially the villains. Their brutality will shock you and so will this hero's not so heroic thoughts make it all the more realistic in terms of humanity. The twists and turns will leave you on the edge of the seat and by the end, you will want more. After reading PREPARE TO DIE, I have become a huge fan of Paul Tobin and will definitely be keeping an eye out for more books by him.