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Nicholas Ahlhelm

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in The United States

July 28

Website

http://superpoweredfiction.blogspot.com

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Science Fiction, Comics, Fantasy

Member Since

July 2012

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Nicholas Ahlhelm is the author of several super powered fiction novels set in the Quadrant Universe.

His books include the Lightweight series, Epsilon, Living Legends: Old Soldiers and A Dangerous Place to Live.

He lives in Eastern Iowa with his wife and two daughters.

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Nicholas Ahlhelm's Blog

Closing time…

Welcome to the final post of this blog. I’ve spent the last few weeks considering the best uses for my time and this site. While I’ve lived my life as a man that enjoyed many a blog, I just do not have enough of a return on investment with At The Helm.

This doesn’t mean I am anywhere close to finished with writing nonfiction pieces as we enter the New Year. I have several project ideas planned in

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Nicholas Ahlhelm’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 287 ratings · 30 reviews · 98 distinct works

	Villains (The Good Fight #2) 3.75 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Senior Year (Lightweight Collection #1) 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Fight 4: Homefront 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Pulp Heroes by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author), Terry Alexander, Caine Dorr (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams (Lightweight #1) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pirates & Swashbucklers by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kameron M. Franklin (Goodreads Author), Cynthia Ward 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes & Heretics: A Pulp Empire Anthology by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Phillips, Alexander Zelenyj (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Presidential Pulp by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Beard (Goodreads Author), Caine Dorr (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Fight 5: The Golden Age by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author), Ian Thomas Healy (Goodreads Author), Leonard Apa (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doc Claus by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Terry Alexander, Robbie Lizhini (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Nicholas Ahlhelm

Lightweight (10 books)
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Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author)

3.60 avg rating — 42 ratings

Pulp Empire (5 books)
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Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author),

Terry Alexander,

Caine Dorr (Goodreads Author),

Steven Gepp,

Teel James Glenn (Goodreads Author),

Viktor Kowalski (Goodreads Author),

Joe Mogel,

Jeff Pawlak

3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings

Pirates & Swashbucklers (2 books)
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Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Jason Kahn (Goodreads Author),

Garrett Calcaterra (Goodreads Author),

Teel James Glenn (Goodreads Author),

Vincent Morgan,

Pam Bitner (Goodreads Author)

3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings

F.O.R.C.E (4 books)
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Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author)

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings

Jenny Everywhere (4 books)
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Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author)

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings

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Nicholas is Currently Reading

Nicholas Ahlhelm is currently reading

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

by Robert A. Caro

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The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind (The Frost Files, #1)

by Jackson Ford (Goodreads Author)

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Conan: The Thief, The Conqueror, The King: The Collected Adventures of the World's Greatest Barbarian (Illustrated Edition)

by Robert E. Howard

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A superb erotic thriller set around the concept of cult deprogramming. I don't want to spoil anything else, but I'd argue this is one of the two best graphic novels of 2024. ...more
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