retaliator : Endgame may sport one of Stan Lee ’s final Marvel cameo , but the late comic book legend lives on as part of a unlike unexampled project as well . Audible has announced the June release date for a novel audio dramatic event called Stan Lee ’s Alliances : A Trick of Light , co - create by Lee , recount the story of an unlikely friendship , superheroes , and our growing dependency on applied science .

In a press release , Audible revealed that Lee has spent the retiring couple of years working on Alliances , a superhero saga set in its own universe — no joining to Marvel , which has its ownfictional podcast seriesabout Wolverine on Stitcher . It was one of Lee ’s last collaborative projects before hisdeath in November 2018 , co - write with Kat Rosenfield and create alongside Luke Lieberman and Ryan Silbert .

“ Stan had the eldritch power to see around the corner and recognize the cultural minute , then produce taradiddle and characters that pray the deeper questions , ” Lieberman and Silbert said in a statement . “ As his cobalt - Almighty and , most importantly , his fans , we ca n’t wait for other fans to discover this world . ”

From left: Luke Lieberman, Stan Lee, and Ryan Silbert recording audio for Alliances: A Trick of Light.

From left: Luke Lieberman, Stan Lee, and Ryan Silbert recording audio for Alliances: A Trick of Light.Photo: Audible

Alliances : A Trick of Light is designed to be “ the first instalment of a novel affiliated macrocosm of stories and case . ” Here ’s the synopsis :

Stan Lee ’s alignment : A Trick of Light introduces listener to a orphic vernal charwoman , Nia , whose destiny is enlace with a apparently ordinary Midwestern stripling , Cameron Ackerson , whose quest for YouTube stardom involve him to the heart of the Great Lakes Triangle , where he is imbued with the index to “ see ” and “ see ” a novel realism .

As Nia and Cameron ’s relationship originate , they cabal to create a more righteous online population , dishing out justice large and small , but wind up crossing a umbrageous kit called OPTIC , which goes after them for its own nefarious intent . Meanwhile , a threat of astronomic proportions emerges , imperiling humanity ’s very existence by harnessing our single desire to plug in as the very means to destruct us .

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The series is currently available forpreorder , and the first episode ( with an intro byLee ) comes out June 27 .

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