First published 2024
Natasha Romanoff learned death and deception as a child in Moscow's Red Room academy. Her brutal instructor Ivan Somodorov gave her the Black Widow title before she escaped to become an Avenger. Now in Brooklyn, teenager Ava Orlova struggles to live normally under S.H.I.E.L.D. protection. Her Russian quantum physicist father vanished years ago, leaving her to endure military experiments until Black Widow rescued her. Ava dreams of reconnecting with her savior, but Natasha keeps her distance. When children across Eastern Europe start disappearing and stolen Red Room technology surfaces online, Natasha realizes Somodorov has returned. She needs Ava's help to stop him. Together they must confront their shared past and uncover the truth about a dark-eyed boy with an hourglass tattoo who appears in Ava's dreams. Their investigation forces both women to face the trauma that shaped them.
Genres: adventure, contemporary, action, espionage
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Brooklyn, Moscow, Red Room
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
Hardcover · Marvel Press
Content warnings: abuse, violence