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updated book at: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/73967/somebody-stop-her-superheroes-apocalypse
[This is a placeholder archive backup of an old book, kept here only to fight copyright trolls in the future]
Chapters M-W-F 9AM.
Volume 1 Blood and Steel: All Three Acts Complete!
Volume 2 Thunder and Webs: Act Two Ongoing!
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Upgrade. Consume. Evolve. Whether it’s cybernetics or mutations, this world demands you be more than human.
Every century, the MALswarm invades — adaptive aliens of blood and steel led by Titans that decimate billions and leave behind raw Warp Energy. Humanity seizes this power, transforming into beings of mutated flesh and cybernetic might. Yet the promised utopia remains a lie, and New California’s underworld schemes to profit from the impending Fifth Swarm.
Amidst the chaos, two destinies collide. Ripley — a cybernetics savant battling to save his dying mother — operates in the shadows of a gang-owned nightclub. Diana, engineered for perfection, fights as an officer of the law to forget her past. When a monster is unleashed, they steal its infinite potential to warp their futures with their newfound powers.
In a city where salvation and damnation are inseparable, Ripley reinvents himself from the wreckage of his enemies' cybernetics as a mercenary who will one day become an architect of ruin. Diana's mutated blood crackles with lightning as she purges corruption, igniting into a storm of change. Against a grand conspiracy of aliens, rogue AIs, shady corporations, organized crime and centuries of forgotten history, their alliance — and conflict — determines if the world will plunge into darkness or embrace the light.
Wrong City? Wrong People? No. This is the right city, and they're the only ones who can save this dystopian future.
In the Clash of Blood and Steel, The Eclipse rises — echoing in Thunderous Omens and Webs of Lies.
What happens when you mix GodClads, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Akira and a dash of Blade Runner into the mix? This novel.
What to expect?
- Two MCs on opposite sides of the law. Crime vs Police. Mercenary vs Investigator.
- Superhero/Supervillain Themes. How far will they go to achieve their goals?
- Two distinct Power Systems. Cybernetics vs Mutations.
- Adaptation-based Progression. Every Powerset is a story of survival.
- A medium-burn story. Fast-action; slow-burn drama.
- Slice-of-crime. Criminal hijinx, cybernetic crafting, conspiracy investigations, and asskicking.
- Both MCs have separate romantic lives... for now.
- Weak to strong to legendary. Power. Fame. Money - they'll get it all.
- A long Sci-Fi Epic. Three Acts Per Volume. Ten Volumes.
- Eventual alien invasion and Kaiju fights.
Author's Note: This story can be pretty heavy at times. T/W's include: Gore, death, profanity, sexual themes (no descriptions), drugs. Honestly, my novel might be a list of war crimes one day. This story was highly influenced by some downer moments in my life as the characters learn that they can accept the darkness in them and embrace the light. As tragic as elements of this story might be, it is about overcoming tragedy. I hope you'll enjoy it.
In the hidden corridors of time and mind lies the great gamble. So it was that Paul Atreides—Muad'Dib, the one foretold as Kwisatz Haderach—steeped his soul in the Water of Life. Yet where he should have emerged to the familiar spice-laden dust of Arrakis, he instead awoke to the mocking giggles of a high-school classroom. His body not his own. His memories fleeting, borrowed from a boy named Greg Veder.
Cast into a strange universe where grim forces and towering powers clash, Paul's once-certain vision falters. The lessons of the desert remain, but the path ahead is no longer lit by starlight and prophecy. Faced with impossible enemies and a cosmic tapestry woven from alien threads, Muad'Dib must glean anew what it means to stand at the nexus of fate—before he is swallowed by a future he cannot truly see.
Elidranthia Shadowstep was everything you'd desire in a fictional villainess. Her tongue was as lethal as her concealed daggers.
A connoisseur of chaos. A leader of assassins. An unhinged lover of all things stabby.
When an ordinary and seemingly normal girl, finds herself stuck in the stilettos of this bloodthirsty character from a novel, she's dead set on avoiding the gory trail.
Sure, she’s never hurt a fly before, but when your new body is a walking arsenal, keeping calm and carrying on gets a whole lot harder.
There's one firm rule in Central City: everyone dies.
Super strength, invulnerability, regeneration, everything else is on the table. Everything except immortality. After all, if anyone was immortal, then Alpha, the completely-legitimately-elected dictator for life of Central City, could absorb their skill and become dictator for forever.
It's a good thing no one is immortal, then.
Especially not Levi.
Similar vibes to The Boys, Perfect Run, and Astro City, a satirical dark superhero story with a LitRPG twist!
Every year, on the same day, people across the world awaken new powers. They take the first step on the path to becoming Super Heroes... or Villains.
Emily Wright wants nothing to do with any of that. All she wants is to get her degree and maybe learn to deal with her anxiety so that she can have an entire conversation with a stranger without panicking.
She did not plan to awaken with the power to summon little sisters, or to learn that she’s been marked as a Villain. Will she be able to turn things around, or will she drown in a sea of super villainy and cuddles?
This is Book 4 of the Towerbound series.
Start here only if you’ve read the earlier books. Which you really should 😝 If not? Catch up on Amazon—or Royal Road (link in Chapter 1).
Ren is back, and the Tower isn’t waiting anymore.
The Patch has walls. The guild has a name. But enemies are leveling faster than the rules can be written—and Ren’s plans are running out of road.
Expect:
– Real-life district politics
– Super Ren
– The beginning of the Merger