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When the Ascension Protocol triggers, the world erupts into chaos as ordinary people suddenly awaken extraordinary abilities. In the aftermath of this cataclysm, society fractures, and the rise of superhumans plunges cities into anarchy.

King Bastien’s father locked him into an ironclad betrothal contract with Lady Helena Rey when the two of them were only seven-years-old. Bas and Helena have never been friends—and not only because she marked their first meeting by dropping a frog down his shirt. He’s been unsuccessfully petitioning Parliament to annul the damn contract ever since he took the throne nine years ago. But with the deadline for officially confirming the engagement rapidly approaching, Bas is getting desperate.

In an exclusive scoop, the Daily Messenger has acquired the transcript of the infamous Technopath’s interview with the Power Defense Authority upon her initial capture after the August 19th terrorist incident in downtown Mayson. Among the shocking revelations in the transcript are allusions to the PDA knowing of her villainous sire, ongoing abuse of the children of Masks, and accusations of terrorism and collusion against Mordant Technologies. For full details, just subscribe to the Daily Messenger within!

On the first day of their vacation, Sam Archer wakes up to a nightmare. The problem is, he doesn’t sleep. He doesn’t dream. And his nightmare is much more than it seems. For Sam’s entire life, he has been haunted by a man with a grudge against him and his deceased parents. A man who is jealous of his immortality and wishes nothing more than to make Sam’s immortal life as miserable as possible. Thankfully, Sam can't be killed, and he now has the power to defend those he cherishes most.

With advanced cybernetics showing up in the possession of low-level criminals, Luke Cage is hired to investigate a factory manufacturing medical devices in rural Virginia. Leaving Jessica Jones during a delicate moment in their relationship, he makes plans to travel south but is devastated to learn that a cousin who scoped out the plant for him has been found dead. The police report states it was an accident. But Luke has long known that official words are just that: words.

On the run from wandslingers; bounty hunters; and the brutal magitsu master, Garkin, Conrad feels powerless to put an end to the nightmare. Nightliss, Ivy, and the other seraphim they rescued from Victus's demon foundry can't use magic, and even if they could, Victus has an army of battle mages and monsters ready to crush them. But a voice from the past may be the key to saving the future. Conrad discovers a link to a power passed down from Moses.... If he can survive long enough to wield it, there is one last hope for the resistance. The first power.

Shocking Revelations by the Paragon! Centuries-old secrets revealed! Hidden identities! Learn why the Paragon was missing during the Bareyes-Masgani War. Listen to the Paragon as he relates his full thoughts on the Powers Defense Act. Get his full thoughts of the penultimate superhero on anti-Capes like the Enforcer.

In this exclusive interview, our intrepid reporter speaks to the enigmatic Cultist about his past, his present, and his future. Whether he is a cape, a mask, or a power, the Cultist has remained enigmatic and silent, a figure who pulls the strings of many without revealing much of himself. Now, in this exciting interview, he reveals all.

When Red Hunter unlocked his superpower, he knew one thing. He'd be the most powerful superhero who ever lived. Eventually.

Powers are determined by geographic birth locations, and only the rich and powerful are permitted access to prized sites. SC is the first person born in space. The punishment for unauthorized births is death. Out of fear, SC keeps his strange abilities as his darkest secret. But when his mother is kidnapped by an unknown organization, SC has no choice but to act.

Only I have no idea who Sefu is, much less how to find him or her. And my magic’s not talking. But with demons on the hunt, and fiendish whispers of Sefu being some sort of ultimate weapon, failure could spell apocalypse. One of those demons happens to be an enemy I cast into the Pits, a former vampire lord whose twisted mind drips vengeance. Worse, he knows about my relationship with Detective Vega and her son. Meaning I have much more than Sefu to protect.

Anika DuPont—Annie to her friends—is entering the final semester of her Superpower Studies degree at Tokyexico University. All she really wants before school starts is a nice, normal Christmas with her family, clear boundaries between herself and her superhero persona, and no shop talk. Anyway, despite her efforts, Annie's schoolwork has been taking a backseat to her career as a superhero on an alien reality TV show using her city as a set and her friends as Extras.

Ever since she could walk, Homicide Detective Deena Pilgrim followed in her father's footsteps. A man with a badge, Waldo Pilgrim surrounded himself with what Deena believed to be the cream of the crop when it came to serving and protecting. These days, Deena won't discuss her father or the life she left behind in Atlanta years ago, a life before she partnered with Christian Walker to investigate homicide cases in a city where perps and victims boast incredible, dangerous powers.

Real heroes power level! Sam and his team might be the fastest heroes to get licensed in history, but that doesn't mean they can rest on their laurels. A rash of villain attacks have sparked across the world, and people are disappearing in the aftermath, and the authorities are lost. It's up to Sam to rely on his video game Aspect to follow the quest lines, gain the levels he needs, and track the waypoints until he can uncover the truth behind the assaults. But even that can't prepare him and his team for what they discover at the final marker.

The raids happen at night. Searches by the police are regular, tearing homes apart down to the nails, the officers' intentions a mystery. This time, it's not SC they are trying to find, but someone else entirely. Nothing will stop them, even if it means traveling halfway across the globe to chase a centuries-old myth of a rare power.

After SC and his team returns from the Amazon, Specials start going missing in high numbers. Not just any Specials, but those who can control others with their voices like Siri from the academy. He and the team investigate, bringing them to an adventure in a new country, and discovering a disturbing layer to the villains. Only they can fight to stop a chain reaction that they began with the rebellion at the rehabilitation facility which now threatens the world.

Listen to book 5 for more superpowers, more titans, and more answers on SC's past. After betrayal at his friend's hands, SC travels deep into the heart of the Instructors - coming not as an enemy, but as an ally. With his memories still modified by Lucio, he joins their ranks with a single goal in mind: to free Siri, the Titan whose songs bends others to her will. Meanwhile, SC's friends rush to stop him, and to understand why SC is suddenly acting insane. With his mind altered, and his powers honed by the instructors, rescuing SC will take everything they have.

SC and the team are back - after a devastating battle in Rome, they watch for Titan attacks across the country, leaping into action whenever a red flag appears on the news. But after discovering a thread into SC's past, their eyes now turn to new questions. Who created the space program that gave him his powers? What happened to everyone else involved? And did the Instructors have anything to do with his abilities?

What if you were cast into a strange fantastical world, given the ability to learn every form of magic that existed, and then discovered an entire cult of fanatics in league with an evil god wanted you dead? What would you do to survive long enough to level up your magic and fight back?

You mess with the bull, you get the horns. After winning the range war, Brawley is rich, heavily armed, and surrounded by potential wives. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers. Will Brawley bond with the soulful Bender, Tammy? Or will he tame the lovely yet willful Arabella? Can he find a match among the mysterious Cosmics? Meanwhile, the world is going crazy. The Tiger Mage escalates his attacks. The Chaotics stir rebellion. And the Order unleashes its deadliest agent, Danica “The Dragon” McLeod, to reestablish the psionic status quo - at any cost.