ROBBIE MACNIVEN is a Highlands-native History graduate from the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of several novels and many short stories for the New York Times-bestselling Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar universe, and the narrative for HiRez Studio's Smite Blitz RPG.
Great character work is delivered over the course of a plot that starts off slowly, introducing characters, ideas and locations, then explodes into action and never lets up. MacNiven maintains a tone throughout that's brilliantly appropriate to this world - First Team really does feel like an X-Men story pulled straight from the Marvel archive. -- Track of Words I gave First Team five stars. Sometimes I thought there were too many gaps without action, but when the action occurred it was worth the wait. -- Chris Lowens This feels like Harry Potter, Superheroes, and the road-trip excitement of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, wrapped into one, and man was it engaging. I couldn't put it down when I really got into the thick of it! -- Peyton F Writes Acceptance of those who are different has always been a big theme in X-Men stories, and I felt it was done really well here... I'd recommend giving this one a read. -- The Story Board