THE THRILLING, ACERBIC AND HILARIOUS NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLEThe Avengers meets The Breakfast Club... wry and engaging James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NomadA spiky, fierce, erudite riff on the wonderful world of silver age superheroes Charles Stross, bestselling author of The Atrocity ArchivesMiddleaged English professor Dr Rick Tower has a secret.As a teen he was Prodigy a kickass superhero.He was given and wielded mysterious powers.And as part of a superteam, he beat up bad guys.They were gods worshipped and feared.Naturally, the government shut them down.Now Ricks in hiding, supposedly living a normal life.Promising to never use his powers again.Forgotten. Washed up. A no one.Until the summons puts the gang back together to solve a disappearance from their past.For superbeings, it should be easy.But when have gods ever followed orders . . .Hugely enjoyable... kept me up till 3am Conn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestselling author of LionCombining a comingofage story with costume thrills . . . it has sly, smart things to say HeraldFight Me embraces the fun of the genre, while treating its battleweary characters with heart and empathy. A noirtinged Big Chill for the superhero set Bob Proehl, author of The Nobody PeopleA treasure that manages to be sad, funny, and hilariously fun at all once. A thrilling adventure but also a searing, intimate look at what it would really cost to have such incredible power, and yet still be human...

Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FF; Weight: 408 g; Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 27

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