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Tale of a Part-Time Hero
After the cataclysmic event that devastated the world, Central City was rebuilt; however, in the years that followed, individuals began to develop powers. The general population coined these mutants Alberrants. Many Alberrants labor for the good of the world, but extraordinary abilities also create extraordinary criminals.
Gav Thompson is a struggling father who works as a part-time hero. However, working part-time doesn’t pay the bills in Central City. Gav does his best to juggle minor hero work with a full-time job and raising his daughter, which is no easy task.
Gav’s daughter, Suzy Thompson, has grown tired of her father losing jobs. Since all her friends can afford the latest games, Suzy’s frustration with her deadbeat father reaches a boiling point.
Muse is a rising major star in the hero world but has quickly become disillusioned with the constant news coverage and the necessity to win the popularity contest that Central City requires its major heroes to play.
All the while, V, Central City’s first true supervillain, is coming back to town, and he has a plan.
Gav Thompson is a struggling father who works as a part-time hero. However, working part-time doesn’t pay the bills in Central City. Gav does his best to juggle minor hero work with a full-time job and raising his daughter, which is no easy task.
Gav’s daughter, Suzy Thompson, has grown tired of her father losing jobs. Since all her friends can afford the latest games, Suzy’s frustration with her deadbeat father reaches a boiling point.
Muse is a rising major star in the hero world but has quickly become disillusioned with the constant news coverage and the necessity to win the popularity contest that Central City requires its major heroes to play.
All the while, V, Central City’s first true supervillain, is coming back to town, and he has a plan.
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2024
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April 16, 2024
This book has a lot going on. In a futuristic society, a semi-retired major superhero is trying to survive and care for his daughter. Gav's side gig as a part-time hero keeps interfering with his relationship with his daughter, Suzy.
A supervillain returns to the city and brings Gav back into the major league, but he's torn between doing what's right for his family and his duty.
The setting of this book is interesting. It's a future that could be real if people really developed superpowers during adolescence. Though the year isn't told, this semi-normal world has people speaking and thinking more formally as they go about their daily lives weathering the threats of an impending war between the good guys and the bad ones.
The novel explores themes of duty, honor, and family.
There were some minor editorial issues in the version I read, but nothing that took away from the storytelling.
A supervillain returns to the city and brings Gav back into the major league, but he's torn between doing what's right for his family and his duty.
The setting of this book is interesting. It's a future that could be real if people really developed superpowers during adolescence. Though the year isn't told, this semi-normal world has people speaking and thinking more formally as they go about their daily lives weathering the threats of an impending war between the good guys and the bad ones.
The novel explores themes of duty, honor, and family.
There were some minor editorial issues in the version I read, but nothing that took away from the storytelling.
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