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Tony Cooper

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The United Kingdom

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http://www.hungryblackbird.com/thewormhole

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Comics

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Tony Cooper was born and raised in Scotland. He followed the traditional route of becoming a writer/artist by studying Medicine then making videogames for 16 years.

His grimdark urban fantasy superhero series is currently at three books, POWERLESS, KILLING GODS and DIE FAMOUS, and a tie-in comic book SOME KIND OF HERO.

He also created the graphic novel THE MURDER CLUB: USELESS DEATHS, a psychological thriller about a pair of schoolkids who plot to kill a fellow student.

He has also release a collection of dark short stories titled "The Resurrection Tree and Other Stories", and the science fiction comedy novella "Higgs & Soap: Galaxy Delivery". ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 316 ratings · 53 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Powerless (Powerless, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Killing Gods: A Superhero Novel (The 'Powerless' Superhero Novel Series Book 2) 4.13 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	Die Famous: A Superhero Novel (The 'Powerless' Superhero Novel Series Book 3) 4.43 avg rating — 40 ratings — 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 Resurrection Tree and Other Stories 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Higgs & Soap: Galaxy Delivery 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Making Gods 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	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 Murder Club: Useless Deaths - Part 1 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	The Murder Club: Useless Deaths 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Powerless / Killing Gods: A Superhero Novel Double Edition 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	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
	Powerless: Some Kind of Hero 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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My 2025 year in work

Right, I’m going to be honest up front: this is more of a note to my future self, who I know always looks back and thinks “But I’ve achieved NOTHING!” when I’ve spent years working on projects across books, comics and videogames and learned so much along the way.

Don’t get me wrong, I do not want to become some self-absorbed weirdo who is obsessed with his “legacy” (ugh), but I do tend to sometime

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Tony Cooper wrote a new blog post My Prototypes: The Water Game Just the basic island test scene from the Crest Water asset pack with some lighting and sky changes.The second of my ongoing prototypes is something Read more of this blog post »
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