Doctor Strange: Dimension War

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By James Lovegrove

Publisher Description

The mind-bending original adventures of Doctor Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme, are brought to life for a new era by New York Times-bestselling author James Lovegrove.

A self-centred healer, Stephen Strange is arrogant, but it's almost justified. After all, he is one of the best surgeons in the country. However, that all takes a dark turn following a horrific car crash.

The doctor survives but at a great cost: his hands are irreparably damaged, and he can no longer perform surgery. No doctor can help him. Nor can faith healers or gurus. Nearing the end of his rope, he seeks out mystic help from the Ancient One, a man rumoured to possess unearthly talents.

The Ancient One isn’t able to heal his hands, but he teaches Stephen the mystic arts as well as discipline, self-restraint, and, eventually, selflessness. These qualities soon lead him to clash with his fellow student, Baron Mordo.

After completing his training, Doctor Strange leaves the temple and uses his magical powers to defend the Earth from arcane threats that few humans can conceive of— battling rival sorcerers, thwarting Nightmare, the malevolent ruler of dreams, and daring to defy the terrifying despot of the Dark Dimension, Dormammu.

This creative novelization of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s original Doctor Strange stories sees Doctor Strange magically transform from a vain egoist to one of Earth’s greatest defenders.

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4 Reviews

4.0

PastelBread

Created 5 days ago

“Man, I love Doctor Strange.”

Addictive Gripping/exciting Slow start, strong finish Mystical Opulent

Mama.Reads.Alot

Created 2 months ago

“This audio book was fun! The narrator was amazing but I did find the story to be a little slow at times. For someone who is such an avid marvel fan, sometimes stories can become a bit repetitive and there were times this did feel that way but for the majority of the story, it was fun and fresh. I did like the fight sequences a lot and I do enjoy the magical elements quite a bit! If you are new to marvel, this is a great book to listen to! It was not a deep dive where you would get lost at all and need a lot of background to follow. All marvel level fans would enjoy!”

Edie B

Created 9 months ago

“I loved it. It was an easy read where I could read one chapter whenever I felt like it. It seemed to me like the sentence structure was simple, but the vocabulary was varied. The story was pretty simple overall and so were the characters but it engaged me enough to keep going with the action. I would’ve loved to see Strange fight other villains than Dormmamu, Nightmare, and Baron Mordo, but I was okay reading of them getting thwarted over and over again because it was fun. I liked seeing Doctor Strange’s character progression in novel form, even if it was somewhat in comic form (which I actually enjoyed because it made it a light read). It got really good maybe about midway through when all the stories came together for a longer one.”

Neha Jain

Created 10 months ago

“I have never read any of the Marvel comics, but yes the movies have made me a fan of MCU. Everything I know about these characters is through the movies. Hence I dont think I can judge the authenticity of this novelization / retelling of initial Doctor Strange stories in comparison to the original comics. But yes, I can definitely say that its a good nostalgia to revisit characters from the first movie. There are occasional references to Avengers and hints to Spiderman multiverse which seems cute, but also bit of Marvel advertising. This novel had a weird structure in terms of chronology and style. Initially it felt like collection of short stories presenting Dr. Strange adventures, in each of which he faces one adversary and saves earth, sort of a fast track comics.. Second half it transforms into a one big story including all the villains introduced earlier in collaboration. Also, transformation of Dr. Stephen to Doctor strange is one of the mid short story, mind it its not a flashback, its an individual story. Some reviews say this is intentional, as per original comics, maybe I cant relate to it, hence found this chronology weird. Like all retellings if you know the original source material, it may have nothing new to offer in terms of plot and storyline. But on its own its a well executed novelization. Narration by James A Foster is excellent and the dialogue delivery and accents feels like living in the MCU. Thank you to NetGalley, Marvel & Dreamscape Media for this Digital ARC of the audiobook of Doctor Strange: Dimension War in exchange for an honest review. Verdict : Good read for nostalgia OR if you are new to the character of Doctor Strange.”

About James Lovegrove

James Lovegrove is the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin. He has been short-listed for many awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the Scribe Award. He won the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Language Short Story in 2011, and the Dragon Award in 2020 for Firefly: The Ghost Machine. He has written many acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, including Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon. As well as writing books, he reviews fiction for the Financial Times. He lives in Eastbourne in the UK.