Marvel is releasing a new full-length crime novel featuring Daredevil. The book, titled Enemy of My Enemy sees Matt Murdock (Daredevil) defend the Punisher in the trial of the century, the murder of the Kingpin, while Daredevil staves off a war of succession for the throne of the criminal underworld by night.
It’s written by La Times Book Prize Winner Alex Segura and is the next instalment in Marvel’s series of crime thriller novels for adult readers. The Marvel Crime series began in 2024 with Lisa Jewell’s crime novel, Breaking the Dark, which followed Marvel character and Daredevil-ally Jessica Jones investigating a family mystery of a mother and her twins in the British countryside.
The Marvel Crime series introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe. While the stories in Marvel Crime novels build on one another, they don’t require familiarity with Marvel or the other books in the series and function as standalone novels.
Enemy of My Enemy
The story premise for Enemy of My Enemy sees Matt Murdock (Daredevil) take on the “trial of the century” in defending Frank Castle for murder:
Synopsis: When reports come in that the Kingpin and a police officer have been killed and that Frank Castle (aka the Punisher) has turned himself in for it, Matt Murdock senses holes in the narratives the media and the streets are quick to run with.
Both criminals have been Matt’s nemeses when he dons the cowl of the Daredevil, and there’s no denying that New York is better off without its Kingpin and with the Punisher behind bars. And yet . . . while the Punisher is a murderous vigilante, he doesn’t kill cops. And he doesn’t turn himself in.
Castle certainly deserves prison for all of the other crimes he has committed in the past. However, Matt’s indominable sense of justice insists that nobody should be locked away for crimes they didn’t actually commit. Representing the vigilante in court, Matt enters a contest of wills and guile with Castle to try and uncover the game beneath the game. And when Matt’s girlfriend takes the stand and complicates matters, there’s truly no rest for the wicked or the just. As the Kingpin’s absence causes passion and ambitions to run hot in Hell’s Kitchen, Matt must decide if justice means the letter of the law, what’s best for the citizen on the streets, or where his heart leading him.
Screen Brief’s editorial team were lucky to receive an advanced look at the book, which comes in at just under 300 pages. Segura’s prose paints a vivid picture of a crime-ridden New York, while letting readers into the simmering mystery that Daredevil has to unfold. This epic trial of the century story shows Daredevil balancing crime fighting at night with preparing a defence for The Punisher by day.
Author Alex Segura
The book’s author, Alex Segura has previously written a variety of best-selling and award-winning crime and mystery novels with his own original characters. His debut novel in 2013, Silent City, developed into a long-running story with 8 entries in the series of mystery novels that follow his protagonist Pete Fernandez, a former-journalist turned private investigator.
His more recent novel Secret Identity, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, was a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an NPR Best Mystery of the Year. It’s a crime-fiction novel set in 1975’s cut-throat world of comic book publishing which follows an assistant who tries to get her comic book published just as her colleague is suddenly murdered and her manuscripts are stolen and sent to the publisher without her name. The book’s standalone sequel Alter Ego, was an instant USA Today bestseller, featured in Cosmopolitan, Parade, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and described as “thrilling” by the Wall Street Journal.
Before becoming a writer, Segura worked as a publishing executive in comics, working his way up to senior vice president of sales and marketing at Archie Comics by 2009 before moving to DC Comics to be their executive director of publicity. This career is a real life experience he drew on for his novel Secret Identity, which fictionalises employees working in the comics publishing industry.
Segura’s other books include the Star Wars novel, Poe Dameron: Free Fall, the young-adult Spider-Verse adventure novel, Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, and Encanto: Nightmares and Sueños set in the world of Disney’s 2021 animated film Encanto. In addition to his prose writing he has written a number of comics for Marvel and DC, including Star Wars: Battle of Jakku, Spider-Society, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and Edge of Spider-Verse. He’s also the co-writer along with Michael Moreci behind the noir re-launch of Dick Tracy comic book series.
With the book’s release on March 24th, Segura will be kicking off a book tour across the United States. He’ll be starting in New York on the 24th and making his way to Florida by the 27th of March. All dates and announcements can be found on Segura’s Instagram page.
Daredevil, Enemy of My Enemy is published by Hyperion Avenue in association Disney Publishing Group. The book is set to release in stores and online March 24th, 2026. It will be available in hardcover.
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