Book excerpt: An essential reference to the entire Valiant Universe of heroes and villains! Learn the origins, secrets, alliances, and vendettas of all of your favorite characters. You?ll find everything you need to know ? from Bloodshot?s first firefight, when Archer met Armstrong, the secrets of the Deadside with Doctor Mirage, all the way to the true origin of the X-O Manowar armor and everything in between ? all right here!