Marvel : The Incredible Hulk : Worldbreaker * Hero * Icon

1954: The Winter Soldier is the Soviet Union’s greatest weapon. Assigned the most dangerous covert missions from the USSR’s secret military branch and guided by a handler who knows him better than he knows himself he has onlyone purpose: to obey orders. But he wasn’t always the Winter Soldier. . . .1941: As World War II begins sixteen-yearold Bucky Barnes is determined to enlist in the US army—if only the local commander will stop getting in his way. When Bucky is offered enrollment in a training program with the British Special Operations Executive—the UK’s secret service—he leaps at the chance to become a hero. But Bucky has hardly touched down in London when he finds himself running from a mysterious assassin and accompanied by an English chess champion fond of red lipstick and double crosses. She’s in possession of a secret every side is desperate to get their hands on. If only they knew what it was. . . .Decades later the Winter Soldier struggles to solve the same mystery Bucky is just beginning to uncover. As their missions intersect across time their lives collide too—in a way that neither of them would have expected and that will change the course of their respective wars. New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee explores the youth of one of Marvel’s most compelling characters James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes—and the enemy soldier he is forced to become.