The first of Titan''s new series of original Marvel novels, starring Spider-Man''s arch foe Venom in his anti-hero role as the Lethal Protector. WHEN EDDIE BROCK BECOMES BIOLOGICALLY LINKED TO A BIZARRE ALIEN SYMBIOTE, THE TWO SHARE A COMMON GOAL. At first they seek to squash their arch-foe Spider-ManAfter repeated attempts, Venom reaches an uneasy truce with the web-spinner. Brock leaves New York and heads west to San Francisco, the city of his birth, eager to put trouble behind him. Trouble has different ideas. Brock commits himself to becoming a defender of the innocent, but he''s a six-foot-three-inch, 260 lbfigure with bulging muscles and fangs like a shark. Venom quickly draws attention--first from a furious Spider-Man, who''s certain Brock has broken his word, then from a team of armored enemies who set out to kill the "Lethal Protector." Venom joins forces with the web-spinner, only to face an even deadlier threat--five trained killers, each wearing a symbiotic suit like