Award-winning writer Brian K Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad Y The Last Man) uniquely combines big city politics & superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series Set in our modern-day world Ex Machina tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred who becomes America's first living breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo retires from masked crime fighting & runs for mayor of New York City winning by a landslide after the events of 911 Illustrated by Tony Harris Ex Machina Book 2 finds Mayor Mitchell Hundred making a difficult decision about his own future becomes part of a shocking trial complicated by the unexpected arrival of an all-new superhero & leaves New York City for the first time since his election to embark on a strange adventure Plus a shocking tragedy strikes an Iraq War protest in downtown Manhattan