Warrior Angel

Popular series unfold in further installments. Robert Lipsyte's many fans will be eager for Warrior Angel, a taut sports adventure in the series begun with The Contender. In this outing, Sonny Bear defends the heavyweight boxing championship he won in The Chief. As usual with Lipsyte, the protagonist struggles at least as much with his psyche as he does in the ring; now his inner conflicts are complicated by his encounters with a mentally ill youth who claims to be on a mission from the creator-to save Sonny. The earlier paperbacks in the series are being repackaged simultaneously with high-gloss photographic covers, to tie in with the look of this new hardcover.